A simple set of scripts/units for queuing and sending messages with msmtp.

• msmtpq is a drop-in replacement for msmtp to queue an outgoing message. It never blocks and never actually sends messages.
• msmtpq-flush sends reliably queued messages.

To use:

1. Send messages with msmtpq instead of msmtp.
2. Install and enable the provided systemd units to automatically flush queued messages.

Systemd Units:

• msmtp-queue.service - Invokes msmtpq-flush to flush queued messages, if any.
• msmtp-queue.timer - Invokes msmtp-queue.service every 10 minutes. This will allow you to send mail while offline.
• msmtp-queue.path - Invokes msmtp-queue.service immediately when a message is queued. This is the fast-path for sending mail immediately you're online.

These scripts really shouldn't ever eat your mail although you may end up sending the same email twice on very rare occasions. However, if you send a message while offline, they'll only re-try once every 10 minutes.

Also note, these scripts look for/put configs/logs in non-standard directories:

• GONFIG (msmtp config): $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/msmtp/config.
• LOG: $XDG_LOG_HOME/msmtp.log ($XDG_LOG_HOME defaults to ~/.local/log).
• QUEUE_DIR (mail queue): $XDG_DATA_HOME/mail.queue.

These are defined as variables at the top of the provided scripts.

MacOS launchd

• launchd/name.neuhalfen.msmtpq-watcher.plist - launchd service that watches the spool directory

Install:

This is a highly simplified script assuming you already have the above-mentioned msmtp config file and set up XDG variables.

Linux

git clone https://github.com/neuhalje/msmtp-queue.git /tmp/msmtpq
sudo cp /tmp/msmtpq/msmtpq* /usr/local/bin
mkdir -p ~/.config/systemd/user $XDG_DATA_HOME/mail.queue
cp /tmp/msmtpq/systemd/msmtp-queue.* ~/.config/systemd/user
systemctl --user enable msmtp-queue.path msmtp-queue.timer

Afterwards, update your mutt configuration to use msmtpq instead of msmtp.

MacOS

MacOS needs a current bash from homebrew, else the stone age bash (3.x) from MacOS will err on the scripts.

brew install flock bash msmtp

git clone https://github.com/neuhalje/msmtp-queue.git /tmp/msmtpq
sudo cp /tmp/msmtpq/msmtpq* /usr/local/bin
mkdir -p ~/.config/systemd/user $XDG_DATA_HOME/mail.queue

cp launchd/*  ~/Library/LaunchAgents/

launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/name.neuhalfen.msmtpq-watcher.plist 
launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/name.neuhalfen.msmtpq-watcher.plist 
launchctl start name.neuhalfen.msmtpq-watcher

Afterwards, update your mutt configuration to use msmtpq instead of msmtp.

WHY? Because it's pretty much-bullet proof and the default scripts were NIH.