ssmtp is a nice and simple solution for sending emails from the command line etc.
Installing
sudo apt-get install ssmtp
sudo apt-get install mailutils
Now edit the SSMTP configuration file
sudo nano /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf
It needs to include this:
root=postmaster
mailhub=smtp.gmail.com:587
hostname=raspberrypi
[email protected]
AuthPass=TheGmailPassword
FromLineOverride=YES
UseSTARTTLS=YES
Save and exit
Sending an email
echo "Hello world email body" | mail -s "Test Subject" [email protected]
Sending A File
Install mpack
sudo apt-get install mpack
To send a file
mpack -s "Test" /home/pi/some_folder/somefile.ext [email protected]