Alternatives to msmtp
A small SMTP client that sends mail for terminal mail readers and scripts through a mail server. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
msmtp
A small SMTP client that sends mail for terminal mail readers and scripts through a mail server.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as msmtp.
Pop
Compose and send email from the terminal.
Pop composes and sends email from the terminal with an interactive mode and a scriptable mode, and also runs on Windows.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Mutt
A text-based email client that runs in the terminal on Unix-like systems.
NeoMutt
A fork of Mutt that gathered decades of scattered patches into one maintained terminal mail client.
getmail6
A command-line tool that fetches mail from POP3 and IMAP servers into local mailboxes.
isync
Fast IMAP to Maildir mirroring, usually invoked as mbsync.
OfflineIMAP
Synchronises IMAP accounts into local Maildir folders.
Postfix
A widely used open-source mail transfer agent for routing and delivering email.
