SMTP - Perl

Send email through Direct Mail's SMTP service using Swaks, a Perl-based command-line SMTP testing tool.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure that you have:

• A verified sender address in Direct Mail

• The SMTP password for your sender address

• A Debian/Ubuntu system with curl and sudo access

Send an email

Swaks (Swiss Army Knife for SMTP) is a Perl-based command-line tool for testing SMTP. The steps below install Swaks and use it to send an email over Direct Mail's SMTP service.

1. Download Swaks.

   curl http://www.jetmore.org/john/code/swaks/files/swaks-20130209.0/swaks -o swaks

1. Make the script executable.

   chmod +x swaks

1. Install Perl.

   sudo apt-get -y install perl

1. Send an email. Replace the placeholder values before running the command.

      ./swaks --auth \
              --server smtpdm.aliyun.com \
              --au <sender-address> \
              --ap <smtp-password> \
              --from <sender-address> \
              --to <recipient-address> \
              --h-Subject: "Hello" \
              --body 'Testing mail!'

Replace the following placeholders:

• <sender-address> after --au: your verified sender address in Direct Mail.

• <smtp-password> after --ap: the SMTP password for your sender address.

• <sender-address> after --from: the sender address (same as --au).

• <recipient-address> after --to: the recipient's email address.