Sending mail from a Bash shell script

Question

I am writing a Bash shell script for Mac that sends an email notification by opening an automator application that sends email out with the default mail account in Mail.app. The

Answer 1

sendEmail is a script that you can use to send email from the command line using more complicated settings, including connecting to a remote smtp server: http://caspian.dotconf.net/menu/Software/SendEmail/

On OSX it is easily installable via macports: http://sendemail.darwinports.com/

Below is the help page for the command, take note of the -s, -xu, -xp flags:

Synopsis:  sendEmail -f ADDRESS [options]

Required:
  -f ADDRESS                from (sender) email address
  * At least one recipient required via -t, -cc, or -bcc
  * Message body required via -m, STDIN, or -o message-file=FILE

Common:
  -t ADDRESS [ADDR ...]     to email address(es)
  -u SUBJECT                message subject
  -m MESSAGE                message body
  -s SERVER[:PORT]          smtp mail relay, default is localhost:25

Optional:
  -a   FILE [FILE ...]      file attachment(s)
  -cc  ADDRESS [ADDR ...]   cc  email address(es)
  -bcc ADDRESS [ADDR ...]   bcc email address(es)

Paranormal:
  -xu USERNAME              authentication user (for SMTP authentication)
  -xp PASSWORD              authentication password (for SMTP authentication)
  -l  LOGFILE               log to the specified file
  -v                        verbosity, use multiple times for greater effect
  -q                        be quiet (no stdout output)
  -o NAME=VALUE             see extended help topic "misc" for details

Help:
  --help TOPIC              The following extended help topics are available:
      addressing            explain addressing and related options
      message               explain message body input and related options
      misc                  explain -xu, -xp, and others
      networking            explain -s, etc
      output                explain logging and other output options