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How to send a file in a zip file via email in unix?
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1OS has nothing to do with it. GMail in a web browser works the same across all OSes and even if you use a email client software, it depends on the software used, not the OS. Many, like Thunderbird, are available for all OS families. – Aug 30 '18 at 20:33
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Could you clarify pls, how MongoDB and zip is related to sending attachment via email ??? Attachment is attachment. Look online for `msmtp` and `mutt`... – Alex Aug 31 '18 at 01:42
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Actually i need to send a file in a zip file via email in unix, Which is solved by using mutt ==>Mutt is a small but very powerful text-based mail client for Unix operating systems – Ishwar Chandra Tiwari Aug 31 '18 at 14:22
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@Alex ah thanks it work you can put in answer if you want to so i can select it, ==>mutt solved my problem. – Ishwar Chandra Tiwari Aug 31 '18 at 14:26
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Posted full solution as answer – Alex Aug 31 '18 at 17:04
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You can use two Ubuntu's console's packages: msmtp and mutt to send email attachment.
Install packages :
sudo apt-get install msmtp mutt ca-certificates
Configure msmtp to use existing email as outgoing email: (example for gmail account)
#!/bin/sh
echo '# Default values for all accounts.
defaults
auth on
tls on
tls_trust_file /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
logfile ~/.local/msmtp.log
# Gmail
account gmail
host smtp.gmail.com
port 587
from [email protected]
user [email protected]
password [email protected]
account default : gmail
` >~/.msmtprc
Prepare default mutt setting:
#!/bin/sh
[ -f '~/.muttrc' ] || {
echo '
set sendmail="/usr/bin/msmtp"
set use_from=yes
set realname="Display Name"
set [email protected]
set envelope_from=yes
' > ~/.muttrc
}
Send email with attachment with help of mutt:
echo 'Please see attached MongoDB database...' |
mutt -a MongoDB.zip \
-s "Zipped MongoDB attachment ($(date '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S'))" \
[email protected]
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