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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 commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install sendemail

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install sendemail

MacPorts ports tree · mail/sendemail/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install sendemail

Debian stable package indexes · sendemail · source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install sendemail

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · sendemail · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

overview

Package summary

Email program for sending SMTP mail

Commands and aliases

  • sendEmail

history

Project history and usage

sendEmail is a lightweight Perl command-line program for sending messages through SMTP servers.

Project history

Brandon Zehm created sendEmail as a lightweight command-line SMTP email client written in Perl. The project emphasizes sending mail directly from scripts without requiring a full graphical client.

Adoption history

sendEmail has remained available across several Unix-oriented packaging ecosystems, including Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora-family repositories, and MacPorts. Its longevity reflects the usefulness of a small, dependency-light SMTP sender in scripts and administrative jobs.

How it is used

Users invoke sendEmail with command-line options specifying sender, recipients, subject, message content, attachments, and an SMTP server. It is commonly used in shell scripts, monitoring alerts, cron jobs, and minimal environments where a full mail client is unnecessary.

Why package nerds care

The package is a classic example of a mature single-purpose Perl utility preserved by distribution maintainers. Its executable uses the distinctive capitalization sendEmail, while package managers commonly publish it under the lowercase name sendemail.

Timeline

  • 2000s: sendEmail emerged as a standalone Perl SMTP-sending utility.
  • Later adoption: Packaged by major Unix-like package collections, including Debian, Ubuntu, Homebrew, MacPorts, and Fedora-family repositories.

Related projects

  • sendmail and mail/mailx occupy adjacent command-line mail niches, but sendEmail is an SMTP client rather than the Sendmail mail-transfer agent.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 1 platform targets.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
sendEmailcliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-09-19
manager version1.56
manager updated2026-07-12
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

http://caspian.dotconf.net/menu/Software/SendEmail/

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:sendemail
Version1.56
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/sendemail
Homepagehttp://caspian.dotconf.net/menu/Software/SendEmail/
Upstream docshttp://caspian.dotconf.net/menu/Software/SendEmail/
LicenseGPL-2.0-or-later
Source archivehttps://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/sendemail/sendemail_1.56.orig.tar.gz
Last updated2026-07-12T23:29:49+09:00
Pulseupdated
Bottleavailable (on all)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namesendemail
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedyes
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Debian apt95%

sendemail 1.56-5.2

lightweight, command line SMTP email client

http://caspian.dotconf.net/menu/Software/SendEmail/

sudo apt install sendemail
  • Section: mail
  • Architecture: all
  • 2 dependencies
  • 2 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Sendemail
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: sendemail from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Ubuntu apt95%

sendemail 1.56-5.2

lightweight, command line SMTP email client

http://caspian.dotconf.net/menu/Software/SendEmail/

sudo apt install sendemail
  • Section: universe/mail
  • Architecture: all
  • 2 dependencies
  • 2 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Sendemail
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: sendemail from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
dnf95%

sendemail 1.56-19.fc45

Lightweight command line SMTP e-mail client

http://caspian.dotconf.net/menu/Software/SendEmail/

sudo dnf install sendemail
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: sendemail
  • 2 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Sendemail
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: sendemail from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/652278618dec9c023176a80c435a32a2c8154869fb0eb662c267a54df28d77d9-primary.xml.zst
MacPorts95%

sendemail

sudo port install sendemail
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Sendemail
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: mail/sendemail/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Same workflow

  • msmtpShares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, email, mail-client, networking, smtp.
  • mailutilsShares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, email, mail-client, networking.
  • eximShares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, email, networking, smtp.
  • swaksShares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, email, networking, perl, smtp.
  • fetchmailShares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, email, networking.
  • mpopShares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, email, networking.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

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