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Re: Bug#198957: ITP: email -- Send email from command line, either via MTA or SMTP, with optional encryption



Hi,

Millis Miller wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Version: N/A; reported 2003-06-27
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> * Package name    : email
>   Version         : 1.9.0
>   Upstream Author : Dean Jones <dean@cleancode.org>
> * URL             : http://www.cleancode.org/email
> * License         : Custom
>   Description     : Send email from command line, either via MTA or SMTP, with optional encryption

Hmm.. A little bit long, no?

> email is a simple command-line program to send emails. It can be 
> configured to use either your sendmail installation or directly via
> smtp.
>  .
>  Also, if gpg is installed, it can digitally sign and encrypt outgoing 
> emails.

How is that (except that mail uses the local sendmail) different from:

echo "foo" | gpg --clearsign | mail -s "subject" foo@blah.com or
cat mailtxt | gpg --clearsign | mail -s ... or
cat mailtxt.signed | mail -s ....

Grüße/Regards,

René
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