# Install sendemail with Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts

Email program for sending SMTP mail. Version 1.56 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-12. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install sendemail.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:sendemail
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install sendemail
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install sendemail
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: mail/sendemail/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install sendemail
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: sendemail from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install sendemail
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: sendemail from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:sendemail
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/sendemail>
- **Version:** 1.56
- **Source summary:** Email program for sending SMTP mail
- **Homepage:** <http://caspian.dotconf.net/menu/Software/SendEmail/>
- **Upstream docs:** <http://caspian.dotconf.net/menu/Software/SendEmail/>
- **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later
- **Source archive:** <https://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/sendemail/sendemail_1.56.orig.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-12T23:29:49+09:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- sendEmail (cli)
- sendEmail (alias)

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on all

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 1.56
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-12
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: http://caspian.dotconf.net/menu/Software/SendEmail/
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** sendemail
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** yes
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - sendemail - 1.56-5.2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: sendemail from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | lightweight, command line SMTP email client | http://caspian.dotconf.net/menu/Software/SendEmail/
- Ubuntu apt - sendemail - 1.56-5.2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: sendemail from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | lightweight, command line SMTP email client | http://caspian.dotconf.net/menu/Software/SendEmail/
- dnf - sendemail - 1.56-19.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: sendemail from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst | Lightweight command line SMTP e-mail client | http://caspian.dotconf.net/menu/Software/SendEmail/
- MacPorts - sendemail: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: mail/sendemail/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

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- [Networking and protocol packages](https://pkg.so/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [Web development packages](https://pkg.so/web-dev-tools/) - Matched web development metadata.
- [Productivity CLI packages](https://pkg.so/productivity-cli-packages/) - Matched curated productivity category metadata from av.db.
- [msmtp](https://pkg.so/brew/msmtp/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, email, mail-client, networking, smtp.
- [mailutils](https://pkg.so/brew/mailutils/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, email, mail-client, networking.
- [exim](https://pkg.so/brew/exim/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, email, networking, smtp.
- [swaks](https://pkg.so/brew/swaks/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, email, networking, perl, smtp.
- [fetchmail](https://pkg.so/brew/fetchmail/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, email, networking.
- [mpop](https://pkg.so/brew/mpop/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, email, networking.
- [goimapnotify](https://pkg.so/brew/goimapnotify/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, email, networking.
- [isync](https://pkg.so/brew/isync/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, email, networking.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/sendemail.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/sendemail.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph