Restmail – sendmail-compatible CLI for Gmail and outlook(github.com)
31 pointsby tonymet7 months ago2 comments
  • ceuk7 months ago
    You know something is a good idea when you're surprised it hasn't already been invented. This is one of those (assuming it actually hasn't I guess).

    Really handy little tool. Nice one

    • JdeBP7 months ago
      I would be surprised if has not. There have been lots of tools over the years where the idea was to present a command-line interface compatible with Sendmail's message submission mode, and hand the mail over to a smart host, possibly not using anything like SMTP.

      I predict that someone will be asking for the -t option to be supported here. (-:

      • tonymet7 months ago
        it works implicitly . gmail api reads the headers for BCC / to: etc. I'll see about improving the command line args and usage
    • tonymet7 months ago
      I felt the same way . The idea came when I tried to submit patches to sourcehut using my gmail account and the gmail smtp gateway didn’t work (connections, formatting).

      A quick proof of concept with the REST API and I thought – why don’t we all use this for patches?

  • mmh00007 months ago
    See also:

    https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/SSMTP

    • tonymet7 months ago
      i got the idea because gmail smtp didn’t format patches properly. It uses mime and rich formatting which breaks patches.

      REST apis preserve the original message .

      • tonymet7 months ago
        *gmail's smtp gateway . obviously smtp protocol is high-fidelity