readmail

Read and write eMail at the command line

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Description

A (very simple) eMail-client written completely in bash (requires only some very common system tools). You can use this script on almost any *nix machine to read and write your mail.

Requirements

A working GNU environment providing those programs: bash, cat, clear, date, echo, grep, kill, less, mv, printf, rm

Installation

Be sure your system meets the above requirements
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Make script executable:
```
$ chmod a+x readmail
```
Place the script somewhere in your path, i.e. for a local install do:
```
$ mv readmail ~/bin/readmail
```
Set up your configuration, see below

Configuration

Create a resource configuration file with the name of the scirpt (i.e. ".readmailrc") in your home directory:
```
$ vi ~/.readmailrc
```
Place the following line into the configuration file to configure your POP3 settings (fill in the values in brackets):
```
pop.host: (your POP3 server)
pop.port: 110
pop.account: (your POP3 account)
pop.password: (your POP3 password)
```

Append this block to configure your SMTP settings:

smtp.host: (your SMTP server)
smtp.port: 25
smtp.account: (your SMTP account)

You may also append an optional notification command:
```
notification: xmessage "You've got mail" &
```
TIP: If you use "@" for the name of the script, you have always quick access and can query your mails by:
```
$ @ n q
```
In this case your configuration file must read ".@rc", of course.

License

This software is open source, please read the disclaimer.