# sendmail

> Send email from the command line.

- Send a message with the content of message.txt to the mail directory of local user `user_name`:

`sendmail {{user_name}} < {{message.txt}}`

- Send an email from you@yourdomain.com (assuming the mail server is configured for this) to test@gmail.com containing the message in `message.txt`:

`sendmail -f {{you@yourdomain.com}} {{test@gmail.com}} < {{message.txt}}`

- Send an email from you@yourdomain.com (assuming the mail server is configured for this) to test@gmail.com containing the file `file.zip`:

`sendmail -f {{you@yourdomain.com}} {{test@gmail.com}} < {{file.zip}}`