simplmail 0.2

Simple email client

simplmail

simplmail is a simple raw and stable terminal client. Are you tired of openssl s_client with its long commands and unstable connection? simplmail is the solution for you!

[!WARNING] This program works only for text protocols with CRLF line endings like SMTP, POP3, IMAP, IRC etc.

Installation and Usage

Installation: pip install simplmail

Usage: smail server.example PORT

Also, you can write the smail command without arguments so the program will ask you to choose server and port.

Example of usage:

D:\Maksym\PyPI\simplmail>smail smtp.example.net 465
Simplmail v0.1 (and not only email)
Created connection to smtp.example.net:465.
Initialized SSL.

220 2.0.0 EXAMPLE.NET ESMTP from 93.127.124.34 at Sat, 30 May 2026 15:44:02 +0300 [un.20260530.FuduuvooYT]

SMTP>EHLO localhost
250-hosting.com Hello localhost, [93.127.124.34]
250-8BITMIME
250-CHUNKING
250-PIPELINING
250-HELP
250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
250-XUNMTA 6MKrWSHoNqgL70sILRiEh4-lOADjGxB-FnDhOgvHK9FdI-pRVBxX8bLTTVKZ3Px7Ey1tEXvRofmKiSX5nm7eQT98zSUKWzzzUTnLNvdqLXNkty0wY7CCS0fF:zlo0BKT8cVFlle7J
250-AUTH PLAIN LOGIN
250-SIZE 26214400
250 LIMITS MAILMAX=50 RCPTMAX=100

SMTP>AUTH LOGIN
334 VXNlcm5hbWU6

SMTP>$[e-mail]
334 UGFzc3dvcmQ6

SMTP>$pass
235 2.7.0 Authentication succeeded [un.20260530.FuduuvooYT]

SMTP>MAIL FROM:<[e-mail]>
250 2.1.0 Transaction is open [un.20260530.FuduuvooYT]

SMTP>RCPT TO:<[e-mail]>
250 2.1.5 Recipient accepted [un.20260530.FuduuvooYT]

SMTP>DATA
354 2.0.0 Go ahead

SMTP>From: [e-mail]
SMTP>To: [e-mail]
SMTP>Subject: example
SMTP>
SMTP>This is an example email
SMTP>.
250 2.0.0 Accepted id=3aLdHe-7ZeP6YPrms [un.20260530.FuduuvooYT]

SMTP>QUIT
221 2.0.0 hosting.com closing connection [un.20260530.FuduuvooYT]

SMTP>smail quit

Specifications

Supported protocols (both encrypted (SSL) and unencrypted (plain text) versions):

• SMTP
• POP3
• IMAP
• IRC

And any other text protocol that has CRLF line endings!

Features

simplmail includes commands and tools right in the console! (they should be written inside the session and not in the shell):

• smail autotag y for automatic tags in IMAP
• smail autopong y for automatic pong in IRC
• smail starttls for starting TLS (SSL) in unencrypted connection
• smail quit or smail exit for exit

And if the line starts with the $ sign, simplmail will send text after it in base64 encoding. That is very useful for SMTP AUTH LOGIN!

Also, it auto-detects whether it should use SSL for most protocols!

If you are tired of openssl s_client or you like control and interactivity of ftp and want to do everything that you can like this, install simplmail and try it yourself!