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How to use Exim to send mail from Command Line

by | Jan 18, 2023

Wondering how to use Exim to send mail from command line? Our Server Management Support team is here to lend a hand with your queries and issues.

How to use Exim to send mail from command line

Exim is a free MTA (Mail Transfer Agent). We can easily send an email with Exim via the command line as seen below:

  1. First, we have to use the following command from our user shell to inform Exim that we plan to send an email to a specific recipient:

    $ exim -v new@domainname.com

  2. Next, we have to enter the subject and body of the emails as seen below:

    From: bob@bobcares.com Subject: Test Email
    This is a test email.

  3. Then, we have to press the Ctrl+d key combination.
  4. Now, we will be able to see the SMTP connection details. We can return to our shell with the Ctrl+c key combination.

exim send mail from command line

We can also send an email with Exim from the command line as seen below:

exim -i -t <<< 'From: Bob<bob@bobcares.com>
To: John Doe <John@abc.com>, jane Doe <jane@xyz.com>
Subject: Test email
Line 1
Line 2

Our experts would like to point out that we do not need to add quotes for the label of the email addresses before the angle brackets.

The -i option prevents dot-line termination. Additionally, the -t option ensures the recipients are derived from the content rather than a separate command line parameter.

Alternatively, we can load the email content from a text file as seen below:

exim -i -t < file/path.txt

Let us know in the comments if you need further help sending an email from the command line via Exim.

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Conclusion

In conclusion, our Support Engineers demonstrated how to use Exim to send mail from the command line. We also got a look at three different ways to get the job done.

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