---
name: "msg2smtp"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "anubis"
version: "4.1.1+dfsg1-3.1"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/msg2smtp"
---

# msg2smtp(1)

a 'bridge' between MUA and GNU Anubis

## NAME

msg2smtp ‐ a 'bridge' between MUA and GNU Anubis

## SYNOPSIS

**msg2smtp** -h HOST \[-p PORT\] \[-e HELO\_DOMAIN\] \[-U USERNAME\] \[-P PASSWORD\] \[-m MECHANISM\] \[-d\]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **msg2smtp** command.

**msg2smtp** is a program that takes a mail message on STDIN and relays it to an SMTP server.

MUA (Mutt) ‐‐\> msg2smtp.pl ‐‐\> Anubis ‐‐\> remote or local MTA

This can be used whenever you want to convert a mail message on STDIN and talk to an SMTP server as output. Just like sendmail do.

If you want to use this script with Mutt, add this to Mutt configuration file:

set sendmail="/PATHTO/msg2smtp.pl -h localhost"

If you run GNU Anubis on port 4000, you would put this line in your muttrc:

set sendmail="/PATHTO/msg2smtp.pl -h localhost -p 4000"

## OPTIONS

A summary of options is included below:

- **-h HOST**

  hostname of SMTP server, often 'localhost',

- **-p PORT**

  port of the SMTP server,

- **-e HELO\_DOMAIN**

  domain we use when to say helo to smtp server,

- **-U USERNAME**

  ESMTP auth username,

- **-P PASSWORD**

  ESMTP auth password,

- **-m MECHANISM**

  ESMTP auth mechanism ‐ default is PLAIN,

- **-d**

  shows SMTP conversation and perl debugging.

## SEE ALSO

[**anubis**(1)](/anubis/1.md), [**sendmail**(1)](/sendmail/1.md), [**mutt**(1)](/mutt/1.md).

## AUTHOR

msg2smtp was written by Michael de Beer \<michael@debeer.org\>.

This manual page was written by Krzysztof Burghardt \<krzysztof@burghardt.pl\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).