# NBSMTP

## Introduction

From nbSMTP manpage: nbSMTP is a lightweight SMTP client. It simply takes a message from STDIN and sends it to a relayhost. A relayhost is meant to be a full SMTP server and it will really send the message.

## Installation

Install nbSMTP from the AUR: nbsmtpAUR.

## Forward to a Gmail Mail Server

To configure nbSMTP, you will have to edit its configuration file (`~/.nbsmtprc`) and enter your account settings:

    relayhost=smtp.gmail.com
    port=587
    use_starttls=True
    fromaddr=myusername@gmail.com
    auth_user=myusername@gmail.com
    auth_pass=myultrasecretpassword

Be careful with permissions on this file, it is recommendable to run this:

    chmod 600 ~/.nbsmtprc

To test the configuration, create a file (`testemail`):

    To: myusername@gmail.com
    From: myusername@gmail.com
    Subject: nbsmtp test
    hello email world

and then run:

/usr/bin/nbsmtp < testemail

Enjoy

Categories:

- Email clients
- Mail server