msmtp
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
2recommend
0warn against
Dec 10, 2025first mention
Jun 19, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“there are lightweight alternative like msmtp”
“Some tools I use, like msmtp[0] just publish tarballs and maybe have git repo browser.”
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“tarball releases with checksums, or better yet, with signatures (like remind[0] or msmtp[1])”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
Often compared with
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All comments 6
“there are lightweight alternative like msmtp”
“Some tools I use, like msmtp[0] just publish tarballs and maybe have git repo browser.”
“tarball releases with checksums, or better yet, with signatures (like remind[0] or msmtp[1])”
“once you used something like mbsync/msmtp to store your IMAP mail locally”
“offlineimap and msmtp to connect to their Microsoft mail server”
“I connect to with mbsyc and msmtp.”