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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/]] [[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/]] [[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)
  
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 4 November 2015 4 November 2015
  
-Gmail stopped working.  Try a PHP or Perl solution?  Does it require SSMTP or MSMTP?+Gmail stopped working.  
  
 This did not work: https://productforums.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/gmail/2tK2fR7yW-k;context-place=forum/gmail This did not work: https://productforums.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/gmail/2tK2fR7yW-k;context-place=forum/gmail
  
-Try these links:\\ +Try a PHP or Perl solution, but does it require SSMTP or MSMTP?
- +
-https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-gmail-or-yahoo-with-php-mail-function \\ +
-http://serverfault.com/questions/194376/how-to-send-email-with-my-centos-server \\ +
-http://rs20.mine.nu/w/2011/07/gmail-as-relay-host-in-postfix/ \\ +
- +
- +
-These directions [[http://mhawthorne.net/posts/postfix-configuring-gmail-as-relay.html|based on this page]] worked: \\ +
- +
-  - Make a backup copy of /etc/postfix/main.cf +
-  - Edit /etc/postfix/main.cf to have these settings +
-  -   * # sets gmail as relay +
-  -   * Unordered List Item +
- +
-1. Edit /etc/postfix/main.cf +
- +
-# sets gmail as relay +
-relayhost = [smtp.gmail.com]:587 +
- +
-#  use tls +
-smtp_use_tls=yes +
- +
-# use sasl when authenticating to foreign SMTP servers +
-smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes  +
- +
-# path to password map file +
-smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd +
- +
-# list of CAs to trust when verifying server certificate +
-smtp_tls_CAfile = /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt +
- +
-# eliminates default security options which are imcompatible with gmail +
-smtp_sasl_security_options = +
- +
-If you need further debugging you can add these: +
- +
-debug_peer_list=smtp.gmail.com +
-debug_peer_level=3 +
- +
-2. Add Gmail creds to /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd +
- +
-[smtp.gmail.com]:587  username:password +
- +
-3. Run sudo postmap /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd +
- +
-Make sure the /etc/sasl_passwd* files are owned by the postfix user: +
- +
-sudo chown postfix sasl_passwd* +
- +
-4. Run /etc/init.d/postfix reload +
  
 +Final answer was to configure [[gmail_as_a_relay_on_linux|Gmail as a Relay]]
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