Sendmail - Write html email quickly and send it at terminal
Sendmail is a perfect tool for programmers who prefer to use terminal vim as editor and want to write complicated email easily with markdown syntax and highlight enabled.
Install
git clone https://github.com/chemzqm/sendmail.gitcd sendmailnpm install
Configuration
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Change file
sendmail/lib/profile.json.example
tosendmail/lib/profile.json
. -
Change text in
[]
of profile.json to your settings. -
Below is an example of gmail settings:
Server settings is the same as project: emailjs.
Headers is the default head you want to set for your email, including
from cc to subject
etc.Contacts is used for convenient input of contacts emails, all the contact's names will be added to the end of email file you are editing, and what you need to do is just type the
property name
of contacts seperated by,
to the fieldsto
and/orcc
, the property name will be converted to property value before email sending.
Usage
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Make sure path
~/bin
is included in$PATH
, if not, add below to your file~/.bashrc
export $PATH=$PATH:~/bin -
Enable sendmail by :
$ ln -s /full/path/to/bin/sendmail ~/bin/sendmail -
Send a new email:
$ sendmailwith optional file content as email content
$ sendmail filename -
Get help:
$ sendmail -hUsage: sendmail [options] [number|filename]Options:-h, --help output usage information-V, --version output the version number-l --list show all mails with filename number subject-e --edit <number|filename> edit previous mail and send-s --send <number|filename> send email without using vim to edit-d --delete <number|filename> remove email, could be number separated by comma like: 0,1,2-c --cat <number|filename> show email content, coulad be number separated by comma like: 0,1,2-g --grep <text> grep text in all emails-p --profile <name> use profile when sending email specified by name
Notice
Multi profile support and attachment is not supported yet.
License
MIT