How to Send Email From the Linux Terminal | Linux Today

How to Send Email From the Linux Terminal

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Jul 31, 2021

While there are plenty of ways to send email, for anyone who lives on the command line, sending email from the CLI is a big timesaver. Learn how to send email from the Linux terminal using various tools , like mail, sendmail, telnet and mutt, and add attachments to your mail too.

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