Command-line tool

msmtp

brew/msmtp

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SMTP client that can be used as an SMTP plugin for Mutt

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install msmtp

Linux

brew install msmtp

Send an email using the default account configured in `~/.msmtprc`

echo "Hello world" | msmtp to@example.org

Send an email using a specific account configured in `~/.msmtprc`

echo "Hello world" | msmtp --account=account_name to@example.org

Send an email without a configured account. The password should be specified in the `~/.msmtprc` file

echo "Hello world" | msmtp --host=localhost --port=999 --from=from@example.org to@example.org

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