emu (Email Utility) is a straightforward Command-Line Interface (CLI) program designed to simplify the process of sending emails from your terminal. It has been designed with
the intent of being used in automated shell scripts.
- Send emails through a CLI Interface
- Support for editing the email body with any text editor
Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/ryankembrey/emu ; cd emuBuild the binary
cargo build --releaseCopy the binary to a directory in your $PATH. For example:
cp ./target/release/emu ~/.local/bin/emuAlternatively, downlaod the binary from the releases page.
To use emu, simply run
emuThe first time emu is run, the program will prompt you for details to enter into your local config. The program asks for:
- Your email address
- Your password (use a app-specifc password for Gmail accounts)
- The SMTP host (default is for Gmail)
emu consists of two modes: prompt-mode and command-mode. If emu is run with no arguments, this will enter the program into prompt mode, meaning it will ask for the fields it needs. If arguments are provided, emu will enter command-mode in which it needs three arguments.
emu --recipient <RECIPIENT> --subject <SUBJECT> --body <BODY>Alternatively, you can specify the path to a file to be read with --file. This option should be used in place of --body like so.
emu --recipient <RECIPIENT> --subject <SUBJECT> --file <FILE_PATH>Below are all the flags for emu.
FLAGS:
-h, --help Prints help information
-V, --version Prints version information
OPTIONS:
-b, --body <body> Email body text
-f, --file <file> Path to a file containing the email body
-r, --recipient <recipient> Recipient email address
-s, --subject <subject> Email subject- Add config generation
- Add file attachment support
- Add support for more email providers
- Add reply support
- Add email queue
- Add read from file mode
- Add encryption for local password storage