Setting Up Mail Server On Linux Localhost

by jamied_uk 19th November 2013, 14:00

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Setting Up Mail Server On Linux Localhost

Code:: sudo apt-get install -y ssmtp

We need to then need to edit, /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf

Code:: sudo gedit /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf

Code:: root=username@gmail.com

Code:: mailhub=smtp.gmail.com:587

Code:: rewriteDomain=

Code:: hostname=username@gmail.com

Code:: UseSTARTTLS=YES

Code:: AuthUser=username

Code:: AuthPass=password

Code:: FromLineOverride=YES

Then add each account that you want to be able to send mail from by editing, ‘/etc/ssmtp/revaliases‘:

Code:: root:username@gmail.com:smtp.gmail.com:587

Code:: localusername:username@gmail.com:smtp.gmail.com:587

by jamied_uk 20th November 2013, 00:52

#
# Config file for sSMTP sendmail called /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf
#
# The person who gets all mail for userids < 1000
# Make this empty to disable rewriting.
root=whateverdoesntmatterwhatgoeshere@gmail.com

# The place where the mail goes. The actual machine name is required no
# MX records are consulted. Commonly mailhosts are named mail.domain.com
mailhub=smtp.gmail.com:587

# Where will the mail seem to come from? dosnt matter most of the time what you put here but
# test everything
rewriteDomain=google.com

# The full hostname dosnt matter most of the time what you put here but test everything
hostname=google.com
# the rest of the lines need to be authentic
UseSTARTTLS=YES
AuthUser=youremail@gmail.com
AuthPass=password
# Are users allowed to set their own From: address?
# YES - Allow the user to specify their own From: address
# NO - Use the system generated From: address
FromLineOverride=YES

by jamied_uk 5th June 2016, 00:22

Useful Code

Code:: echo "Email Test " | mail -s "testing Email" testemail@hotmail.com sudo service mail restart turn on and off sudo chkconfig sendmail off sudo apt-get install -y sendmail Read https://www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps sudo gedit /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf sudo apt-get install -y ssmtp

by jamied_uk 5th June 2016, 02:09

To use gmail as an SMTP Server you need to make sure the settings are setup for less secure to enable linux to use your gmail

https://www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps

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