Send mail with sendmail

A howto on sending email via the linux sendmail command

    #!/bin/bash

    SENDMAIL=/usr/sbin/sendmail
    RECIPIENT=tosomeone@example.com
    FROM=me@example.com
    
    cat <<EOF | $SENDMAIL -t ${RECIPIENT}
    From: ${FROM} 
    To: ${RECIPIENT}
    Subject: testmail
     
    some test text as body of the email.
    EOF

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First Created: 2015-01-28T22:38:12Z
Last Modified: 2026-04-05 19:35