Send mail to SMTP server on same LAN from CLI (confused with Mutt and Postfix)
I need to send mail from CLI (Cron) to a mail server that is on the same LAN. After some googling Mutt seemed like a good option as it appeared simply installing Mutt and adding SMTP options to .muttrc would do the trick.
So I installed Mutt but the first thing that confused is that during setup it started Postfix. After some more reading I understand Mutt is supposed to only view email, but looking at config examples I'm not sure if I can point Mutt directly at my mail server or need to use and configure Postfix as well.
Another issue is that muttrc doesn't exist. I can only find Muttrc in /etc/ but that file doesn't look similar to config files I found online.
My questions are:
* Do I need to use Postfix or can I simply configure Mutt with the IP of my SMTP server?
* Why is muttrc not located in the home folder? Can I create it myself?
I'm using Ubuntu 16.04
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I need to send mail from CLI (Cron) to a mail server that is on the same LAN. After some googling Mutt seemed like a good option as it appeared simply installing Mutt and adding SMTP options to .muttrc would do the trick.
So I installed Mutt but the first thing that confused is that during setup it started Postfix. After some more reading I understand Mutt is supposed to only view email, but looking at config examples I'm not sure if I can point Mutt directly at my mail server or need to use and configure Postfix as well.
Another issue is that muttrc doesn't exist. I can only find Muttrc in /etc/ but that file doesn't look similar to config files I found online.
My questions are:
* Do I need to use Postfix or can I simply configure Mutt with the IP of my SMTP server?
* Why is muttrc not located in the home folder? Can I create it myself?
I'm using Ubuntu 16.04
postfix mutt
edited just now
Rui F Ribeiro
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sjaaksjaak
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I need to send mail from CLI (Cron) to a mail server that is on the same LAN. After some googling Mutt seemed like a good option as it appeared simply installing Mutt and adding SMTP options to .muttrc would do the trick.
So I installed Mutt but the first thing that confused is that during setup it started Postfix. After some more reading I understand Mutt is supposed to only view email, but looking at config examples I'm not sure if I can point Mutt directly at my mail server or need to use and configure Postfix as well.
Another issue is that muttrc doesn't exist. I can only find Muttrc in /etc/ but that file doesn't look similar to config files I found online.
My questions are:
* Do I need to use Postfix or can I simply configure Mutt with the IP of my SMTP server?
* Why is muttrc not located in the home folder? Can I create it myself?
I'm using Ubuntu 16.04
postfix mutt
edited just now
Rui F Ribeiro
41.8k1483142
asked 4 mins ago
sjaaksjaak
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I need to send mail from CLI (Cron) to a mail server that is on the same LAN. After some googling Mutt seemed like a good option as it appeared simply installing Mutt and adding SMTP options to .muttrc would do the trick.
So I installed Mutt but the first thing that confused is that during setup it started Postfix. After some more reading I understand Mutt is supposed to only view email, but looking at config examples I'm not sure if I can point Mutt directly at my mail server or need to use and configure Postfix as well.
Another issue is that muttrc doesn't exist. I can only find Muttrc in /etc/ but that file doesn't look similar to config files I found online.
My questions are:
* Do I need to use Postfix or can I simply configure Mutt with the IP of my SMTP server?
* Why is muttrc not located in the home folder? Can I create it myself?
I'm using Ubuntu 16.04
postfix mutt
postfix mutt
edited just now
Rui F Ribeiro
41.8k1483142
asked 4 mins ago
sjaaksjaak
283
edited just now
Rui F Ribeiro
41.8k1483142
asked 4 mins ago
sjaaksjaak
283
edited just now
Rui F Ribeiro
41.8k1483142
edited just now
Rui F Ribeiro
41.8k1483142
edited just now
Rui F Ribeiro
41.8k1483142
41.8k1483142
asked 4 mins ago
sjaaksjaak
283
asked 4 mins ago
sjaaksjaak
283
asked 4 mins ago
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283
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