msmtp wrapper allowing for offline use
Project description
Allows you to use msmtp offline.
Installation
Using PyPi:
pip install --user offlinemsmtp
On Arch Linux, you can install the offlinemsmtp package from the AUR. For example, if you use aurman:
aurman -S offlinemsmtp
Run the daemon using systemd
Create a file called ~/.config/systemd/user/offlinemsmtp.service with the following content:
[Unit] Description=Offline msmtp [Service] Type=forking ExecStart=/usr/bin/offlinemsmtp --daemon [Install] WantedBy=default.target
Then, enable and start offlinemsmtp using systemd:
systemctl --user daemon-reload systemctl --user enable --now offlinemsmtp
Usage
Offlinemsmtp has two components: a daemon for listening to the outbox folder and sending the mail when the network is available and a enqueuer for adding mail to the send queue.
To run the daemon in the current command line (this is useful for testing), run this command:
offlinemsmtp --daemon
To enqueue emails, use the offlinemsmtp executable without --daemon. All parameters (besides the ones described below in Command Line Arguments) are forwarded on to msmtp. Anything passed in via standard in will be forwarded over standard in to msmtp when the mail is sent.
Configuration with Mutt
To use offlinemsmtp with mutt, just replace msmtp in your mutt configuration file with offlinemsmtp. Here is an example:
set sendmail = "offlinemsmtp -a personal"
Command Line Arguments
offlinemsmtp accepts a number of command line arguments:
-h, --help - shows a help message and exits.
-o DIR, --outbox-directory DIR - set the directory to use as the outbox. Defaults to ~/.offlinemsmtp-outbox.
-d, --daemon - run the offlinemsmtp daemon.
-s, --silent - set to disable all logging and notifications.
-i INTERVAL, --interval INTERVAL - set the interval (in seconds) at which to attempt to flush the send queue. Defaults to 60.
-C FILE, --file FILE - the msmtp configuration file to use.
Other projects
https://github.com/dcbaker/py-mailqueued - looks cool, I didn’t see it when I was researching, but it’s probably better than my implementation, even thought I had a lot of fun doing mine
https://github.com/venkytv/msmtp-offline - it’s written in Ruby
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