CMail Alternatives

CMail is described as 'Command line e-mail sending tool. It was originally developed to assist with testing mail server and content analysis software. As a result, CMail provides many more message formatting and SMTP session control options than similar software' and is an app in the office & productivity category. There are six alternatives to CMail for Windows, Linux and Mac. The best CMail alternative is blat, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like CMail are sSMTP, mailsend-go, sendEmail and Mailer.

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  1. blat icon
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    Blat is a small, efficent SMTP command line mailer for Windows. It is the SMTP sending part of an eMail User Agent (MUA) or eMail client. As such, Blat sends eMail via SMTP (or internet eMail) from the command line, or CGI.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • blat is the most popular Windows alternative to CMail.

    • blat is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to CMail.

    • blat is Free and Open SourceCMail is Free and Proprietary
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    sSMTP is a simple MTA to deliver mail from a computer to a mail server. sSMTP is simple and lightweight, there are no daemons or anything hogging up CPU; Just sSMTP. Unlike Exim4, sSMTP does not receive mail, expand aliases, or manage a queue.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
    • sSMTP is the most popular Linux alternative to CMail.

    • sSMTP is Free and Open SourceCMail is Free and Proprietary
  3. mailsend-go icon
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    mailsend-go is a command line tool to send mail via SMTP protocol. This is the golang incarnation of the C version of mailsend. However, this version is much simpler and all the heavy lifting is done by the package gomail.v2

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • mailsend-go is the most popular Mac alternative to CMail.

    • mailsend-go is Free and Open SourceCMail is Free and Proprietary
  4. sendEmail icon
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    sendEmail is a lightweight, command line SMTP email client. If you have the need to send email from a command line, this free program is perfect: simple to use and feature rich. It was designed to be used in bash scripts, batch files, Perl programs and web sites, but is quite...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Free utility to send emails from the command line. No Installation. All contained in one file.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    You can send the mails via an smtp server, such as blat, supports authentication and ssl. In addition, he can also send emails via the OWA interface (i.e. the Exchange Server can also be used for external sending if the OWA is published).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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