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+#! /usr/bin/env bash
+
+# User input
+sender=typebrook@gmail.com
+receiver=typebrook@gmail.com
+gapp=$(pass google/imap_for_typebrook)
+sub="$(date) test mail from curl"
+body="$(echo -e 'just\na\ntest\nmail')"
+
+# check for provided attachment file as a positional parameter
+# -z indicating an empty positional parameter
+# attachment doesn't exist condition
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+
+        # curl command for accessing the smtp server
+
+        curl -s --url 'smtps://smtp.gmail.com:465' --ssl-reqd \
+                --mail-from $sender \
+                --mail-rcpt $receiver --user $sender:$gapp \
+                -T <(echo -e "From: ${sender}
+To: ${receiver}
+Subject: ${sub}
+
+ ${body}")
+
+# attachment exists condition
+else
+        file="$1" # set file as the 1st positional parameter
+
+        # MIME type for multiple type of input file extensions
+        MIMEType=$(file --mime-type "$file" | sed 's/.*: //')
+        curl -s --url 'smtps://smtp.gmail.com:465' --ssl-reqd \
+                --mail-from $sender \
+                --mail-rcpt $receiver --user $sender:$gapp \
+                -H "Subject: $sub" -H "From: $sender" -H "To: $receiver" -F \
+                '=(;type=multipart/mixed' -F "=$body;type=text/plain" -F \
+                "file=@$file;type=$MIMEType;encoder=base64" -F '=)'
+fi