0.0.2 • Published 9 years ago
gmailx v0.0.2
gmailx
Send email easily on the command line without running a server
Installation
[sudo] npm install -g gmailx
Usage
This tool mimics the behavior of mailx
but doesn't require any mail pickup
programming running on the current host as it connects (by default) to Google's
free anonymous SMTP server.
NOTE: by default, this can only send to gmail accounts!
$ cat message.txt
To: test@gmail.com
Subject: hello there!
This is a test!
$ cat message.txt | gmailx -t
message sent: 250 2.0.0 OK 1436563766 e109si12320482qgf.118 - gsmtp
If you specify a non-gmail address you will see
$ cat message.txt | gmailx -t
Can't send mail - all recipients were rejected
$ echo $?
1
You can alternatively construct everything on the command line, ie.
gmailx -a foo.pdf -S 'your document' -Sreply-to=foo@bar.com recipient@example.com <<-EOF
Attached is your pdf
EOF
And, optionally, specify an alternate server or authorization to use
$ cat config.json
{
"service": "gmail",
"auth": {
"user": "sender@gmail.com",
"pass": "password"
}
}
$ echo hi | gmailx -C config.json -s 'subject' recipient@example.com
See nodemailer for what can be specified in the config file
CLI Options
$ gmailx -h
Usage: gmailx [-c cc] [-b bcc] [-a attachment/file] to ...
Send email easily on the command line without running a server
options
-a, --attachment <path> filename to send as an attachment
-b, --bcc <addr> address to bcc to
-c, --cc <addr> address to cc to
-C, --config <config> JSON file to be passed to nodemailer.createTransport
-d, --debug turn on debugging information
-h, --help print this message and exit
-r, --from <addr> address to email from
-s, --subject <line> subject line to use
-S, --header <foo=bar> a raw header to specify
-t, --raw-mode specify To:, From:, Reply-To:, etc. over stdin
-u, --updates check for available updates
-v, --version print the version number and exit
License
MIT License