mail help needed

Hi All, I have a linux standalone with mutt configured. My mail server has qmail installed, same box doing smtp and pop3. Is it possible to sent mail directly from my standalone without a mail client like kmail? I wish to be able to send mail directly from my standalone from my user prompt. Is it enough to just list the mail servers address in my standalone's /var/qmail/control/smtproutes? All help will be very appreciated. Thanks