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--- gmail_on_linux_with_ssmtp [2015/04/04 15:42] – juckins
+++ gmail_on_linux_with_ssmtp [2025/03/20 19:56] (current) – juckins
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-Sending email on linux using SSMTP.
+==== Sending email via Gmail using SSMTP ====
 [[http://www.nixtutor.com/linux/send-mail-with-gmail-and-ssmtp/]]
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 [[http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2006/09/29/mutt-with-ssmtp/]]
-Edit ~/.muttrc for each user as appropriate:
+Edit ~/.muttrc for each user as appropriate (not that $HOSTNAME does not seem to be set with cron sending)
 <code>
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 IO::Socket::INET6: connect: Network is unreachable
-Test was:
+Test was:  $ swaks -tls -f [email protected] -t [email protected] -s smtp.mail.yahoo.com:587 -a LOGIN
-$ swaks -tls -f [email protected] -t [email protected] -s smtp.mail.yahoo.com:587 -a LOGIN
 Seemed to be an IPv6 problem.
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 [[https://voidtech.wordpress.com/2014/03/11/configuring-send-emails-using-gmail-account-in-centos-6-with-ssmtp/]]
+----
+November 2015
+Gmail stopped working.
+This did not work: https://productforums.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/gmail/2tK2fR7yW-k;context-place=forum/gmail
+Try a PHP or Perl solution, but does it require SSMTP or MSMTP?
+Final answer was to configure [[gmail_as_a_relay_on_linux|Gmail as a Relay]]