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plu:email_client_config [2016/09/25 15:17]
gunn [Running mutt in a script or command line]
plu:email_client_config [2017/12/04 10:23] (current)
gunn [mutt and mail]
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 ===== mutt and mail ===== ===== mutt and mail =====
   * Overview of [[wp>​Mail_(Unix) | Mail]] & [[wp>​Mutt_(e-mail_client) | Mutt]].   * Overview of [[wp>​Mail_(Unix) | Mail]] & [[wp>​Mutt_(e-mail_client) | Mutt]].
-  * [[http://​www.mutt.org/​ | Mutt e-mail client home page]]+  ​* The latest version of mutt is [[https://​www.neomutt.org/​ | NeoMutt]] 
 +    ​* [[http://​www.mutt.org/​ | Original ​Mutt e-mail client home page]]
   * [[http://​www.ucolick.org/​~lharden/​learnmutt.html | Learning Mutt]]   * [[http://​www.ucolick.org/​~lharden/​learnmutt.html | Learning Mutt]]
 ==== Install mutt or mail ==== ==== Install mutt or mail ====
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   * Create a mail message in a text file   * Create a mail message in a text file
-  * Subject ​is: %%//WL2K R/%% Test msg +  * Subject ​follows -s in quotes 
 +  * //mutt -c// allows specifying Carbon Copy addresses 
 +  * Blind Copy (Bcc:) does not work in winlink e-mail 
 +<​code>​ 
 +# send content of a file in body of e-mail 
 +mutt -s "put subject line here" you@youremailid.com someoneelse@whatever.com < file_name_of_content 
 +</code> 
 +  * Another example doing the same thing
 <code bash> <code bash>
 mutt -s "//​WL2K R/ Test msg" callsign>​@winlink.org < mail_message_file_name mutt -s "//​WL2K R/ Test msg" callsign>​@winlink.org < mail_message_file_name
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 </​code>​ </​code>​
  
-=== mutt example === 
-  * go [[plu:​email_client_config#​configure_mutt | here]] to see how to configure mutt 
-  * [[plu:​email_client_config#​running_mutt_in_a_script_or_command_line | Link to example of running mutt from a command line]] 
- 
-  * //mutt -c// allows specifying Carbon Copy addresses 
-  * Blind Copy (Bcc:) does not work in winlink e-mail 
-<​code>​ 
-# send content of a file in body of e-mail 
-mutt -s "put subject line here" you@youremailid.com someoneelse@whatever.com < file_name_of_content 
-</​code>​ 
  
 ==== Running mail in a script or command line ==== ==== Running mail in a script or command line ====
 +
 +  * //mutt// and //mail// programs have similar syntax for the basic operation
 +    * //mutt -x// will emulate the mailx compose mode
 +  * **NOTE**: winlink mail is picky about the "​From:"​ & "​Reply-To:"​ fields so you need to set them explicitly
 +
 <​code>​ <​code>​
 # send content of a file in body of e-mail # send content of a file in body of e-mail
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