.Dd $Mdocdate: June 17 2024 $
.Dt MAL 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm mal
.Nd send mail
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm mal
.Bk -words
.Op Fl ksV
.Op Fl a Ar server
.Op Fl F Ar fqdn
.Op Fl H Ar header
.Op Fl n Ar name
.Op Fl P Ar passphrase
.Op Fl p Ar port
.Op Fl S Ar subject
.Op Fl t Ar toaddress
.Op Fl u Ar user
.No { Ns Fl M Ar file | Fl m Ar message Ns }
.Ar fromaddress
.Ek
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
sends mail to one or more recipients,
whose addresses are specified by the
.Fl t
option.
The mail is sent from the address specified by
.Ar fromaddress ,
and if
.Fl t
is not given, mail will be sent back to the sender's address.
The
.Fl P
option specifies a passphrase.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width 123456
.It Fl a Ar server
Specify the address of the SMTP server to connect to.
By default this is the domain segment of
.Ar fromaddress .
.It Fl F Ar fqdn
Specify the FQDN to pass to the SMTP server.
By default this is set to the system's hostname with
.Dq .local
appended to the end.
.It Fl H Ar header
Add a header to the request.
This is necessary if you would like to, for instance
CC someone in your mail.
See the
.Sx EXAMPLES
section below for an example using this option.
.It Fl k
Use an insecure SMTP connection.
By default
.Nm mal
will attempt to connect with secure SMTPS,
but if your server doesn't support this you should use
.Fl k .
See also
.Fl s
for forcing a secure connection.
.It Fl M Ar file
Specify a file which contains the message's contents.
.It Fl m Ar message
Specify a message on the command line.
.It Fl n Ar name
Specify a real name to identify the sender of the mail.
.It Fl P Ar passphrase
Specify a passphrase to use to authenticate the SMTP user.
Without this option no authentication will be used.
.It Fl p Ar port
Override the SMTP server port.
By default this will be
465 for SMTPS servers
or 587 for plain SMTP servers.
See also the
.Fl k
flag.
.It Fl S Ar subject
Specify the subject line of the mail.
.It Fl s
Force a secure SMTPS connection.
This is the default and only required if you want to override
a previous
.Fl k
flag.
.It Fl t Ar toaddress
Specify a recipient for the mail.
If you would like to CC someone instead,
see the
.Fl H
option.
If this option is not given,
the mail will be sent to the sender's address.
This option can be specified multiple times
to send email to multiple recipients.
.It Fl u Ar user
Specify the SMTP user.
By default this is the sender's address.
.It Fl V
Print the version number and exit.
.El
.Sh EXAMPLES
Send an email to
.Mt joe@example.org
with the message
.Dq Hello :
.Pp
.Dl mal -m Hello -t joe@example.org -P mypasswd you@example.org
.Pp
Read the message from the file
.Dq mesg
instead:
.Pp
.Dl mal -M mesg -t joe@example.org -P mypasswd you@example.org
.Pp
CC
.Mt jane@example.org :
.Pp
.Dl mal -M mesg -t joe@example.org -H 'Cc: <jane@example.org>' -P mypasswd you@example.org
.Pp
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Jeremy Baxter Aq Mt jeremy@baxters.nz
.Sh BUGS
.Pp
Currently known bugs or issues can be found at the tracker:
.Lk https://todo.sr.ht/~jeremy/mal
.Pp
If you happen to find a bug,
please report it to me using my address above.