sending emails via msmtp

You need a basic email. Here's what that might look like:


Subject:  Here is the Subject
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2021 04:21:06 -0600
Message-ID: <12345@local.machine.example>


To: bransoj@hotmail.com
From: jbranso@dismail.de
Subject:  Here is the Subject

Hello my dear friend,

How are you this fine day?

Thanks,

Joshua


cat ./examples/basic-email.txt

To: bransoj@hotmail.com From: jbranso@dismail.de Subject: Here is the Subject

Hello my dear friend,

How are you this fine day?

Thanks,

Joshua

This is NOT how you do it:


cat ./examples/basic-email.txt | msmtp 2>&1

Here is how you might use it in reality:


cat ./examples/basic-email.txt | msmtp -- 'bransoj@hotmail.com'

To: bransoj@hotmail.com From: jbranso@dismail.de Subject: Here is the Subject

Hello my dear friend,

How are you this fine day?

Thanks,

Joshua