Send and check emails faster from the terminal


Keywords
terminal, app, email, gmail, shell, python
License
MIT
Install
pip install mailshell==1.4.10

Documentation

Mailshell - msl

send and check emails 📧 faster from the terminal using Mailshell

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Requirements

  • python 3.7+
  • Linux or MacOS

Installation

python pip install

$ python -m pip install mailshell

Support python 3.7+

Usage

just type msl followed by one of the mailshell commands

$ msl login

See how to use mailshell and find all the arguments, option in the Documentation.


  • add --version option to see your current version
  • type msl login to log in with gamil app password, and msl new to create a new message
  • use msl set command to write your email using nano editor or msl html to add html message, and msl add with a file or image to include it.
$ msl add ./file.pdf
  • you can also add a text from a txt file with -f option in set and html command
$ msl set -f ./your_text.txt
  • use msl content to see your message content, and add --files or --images to see a list of the message attachments.
  • run msl send to send your message to specified accounts.
  • you can use msl check command to check your emails with a specified mailbox with -b option (Inbox is the default) and some selection options such as --all and --from, and use -l to display the output as a list.
$ msl check -b sent --date 18-09-2015
email(1)
email(2)
email(3)
 ...
  • use the same selection options in msl delete to delete the selected emails in the mailbox
$ msl delete -t "You won.." -n

Commands

Use --help in mailshell to see the available commands:

Command Description
login log in to your gmail using email address and the app password
cred print your current email address and app password
new create new email message
subject set a new subject to the message
from set a new sender name
html add html message
content see the current message content with the included files
set add a text manually or from .txt file to you current message
add add a file or image to your message
rm remove a file or image from your message
to set your contact that you will send to
send send the current message
check check your emails in a mailbox using selection options
delete delete the selected email with the delete options in mailbox
logout log out from mailshell
$ msl --help

Support

For support, Follow on twitter @malkiAbdoo.