Msmtp

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msmtp
Original author Martin Lambers
Initial release2003 [1]
Stable release
1.8.30 [2]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg / 1 June 2025;6 months ago (1 June 2025)
Repository github.com/marlam/msmtp-mirror
Written in C
Operating system Unix-like
Available in9 languages [3]
List of languages
English, Esperanto, French, German, Portuguese, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Ukrainian
Type Mail transfer agent
License GPLv3 [4]
Website marlam.de/msmtp/

msmtp is an SMTP client. [5] [6] It is free software, published under the GPLv3. [4] msmtp is packaged by major Linux distributions [7] and by FreeBSD. [5] It can also be found bundled in Android applications. [8]

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msmtp is able to utilise email account passwords stored in Keychain on OS X, [6] or in GNOME Keyring on computers using the GNOME desktop. [9]

msmtp can be used in conjunction with OfflineIMAP. [10] This allows the user to read email and draft replies offline, [10] and to use msmtp to send the replies when back online. [11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "msmtp on SourceForge". Registered date. Archived from the original on 2020-06-27. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
  2. ↑ "msmtp 1.8.30 is released - news" . Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  3. ↑ "LINGUAS". GitHub. 2023-01-30. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
  4. 1 2 "COPYING". GitHub. 2007-07-16. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
  5. 1 2 Perrin, Chad (2010-09-28). "Use msmtp with Mutt to send email". TechRepublic .
  6. 1 2 Luoma, TJ (2010-05-04). "msmtp, a free tool to send email from Terminal". Engadget . Oath, Inc.
  7. ↑ Piontek, Christopher (2018-01-16). "PHP Mails versenden lassen ohne eigenen Mailserver". Bitpage (in German). Retrieved 2018-10-27.
  8. ↑ Wallen, Jack (2014-08-26). "Nginx and Android: A great on-the-go web dev tool". TechRepublic .
  9. ↑ "msmtp 1.8.23". marlam.de. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
  10. 1 2 Brockmeier, Joe (2011-02-01). "Use OfflineIMAP to Sync Email on the Go". ServerWatch.
  11. ↑ Brockmeier, Joe (2011-02-08). "Using msmtp as a Lightweight SMTP Client". ServerWatch.
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