Questions tagged [ssmtp]
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ssmtp using elasticemail.com:2525 looks like it sends OK but email never arrives
OS: xUbuntu 22.04
I am trying to setup the ability to send emails from the cli (and once successful, use for cron jobs and scripts).
Although the majority of help out there is for setting up smtp....
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Are e-mails to localhost logged with sSMTP?
I don't suppose that sSMTP will work for just sending mail on the localhost?
nicholas@mordor:~$
nicholas@mordor:~$ sudo cat /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf
#
# Config file for sSMTP sendmail
#
# The person who ...
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how to test HELO/EHLO email error with Gmail using sSMTP?
As SSMTP doesn't run as a daemon per se, how do you test that it's working?
nicholas@mordor:~$
nicholas@mordor:~$ telnet localhost 25
Trying 127.0.0.1...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: ...
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Fix postfix/dovecot to accept local connections on the same VM-host
I have a root-server with some VMS. 10.77.77.101 is the mail server and 10.77.77.107 (vm07) is a PHP webserver running Wordpress. Sending and receiving mails with Thunderbird works fine. Sending mails ...
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Light program (mini MTA?) for system mail (only sending/relay via external server with unattended-upgrades, cron, smartmontools, etc.)
I've come across different names in different places: Light MTA, Remote MTA, Smarthost, etc.
Generally, I do not want to install a full-fledged mail server (such as sendmail, postfix, exim), but only ...
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ssmtp vs. Gmail
I am trying to setup my raspberry's ssmtp to use my Gmail account. I followed recommendations I found around, everything looks ok but the mail does not come.
ssmtp.conf:
root=<my_mail>@gmail.com
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Where are these "extra" RCPT_TO lines coming from when I send an email via SSMTP?
I've been using SSTMP on a local FreeBSD machine to send stuff like the output of certain cron jobs to my "real" main email account, which is not hosted on the same machine (or even domain). ...
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Which domain is HELO checked against with rDNS? Mail server's domain, even if different from the sender's domain? Or the email sender's domain?
I run a small webserver that hosts a handful of domains which I use for personal and testing purposes. I want to set it up as a mail server as well, and I'm trying to understand the rDNS lookup that ...
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crontab error - SSMTP - 553 5.7.1 Sender address rejected: not owned by user
As root, I installed ssmtp and I configured the /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf as follows:
# Sender email address
[email protected]
# Destination SMTP server and port
mailhub=mail.domain.com:587
# ...
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How to Install sSMTP on CentOS 8 AppStream
I have used the sSMTP package on CentOS 7 to send root emails to my Gmail address using an external mail server.
However, the package isn't officially available for CentOS 8 in the EPEL 8 repo.
Can it ...
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ssmtp in docker image
I'm trying to setup ssmtp (for sendmail) in Docker image.
To do so I've created the folowing Dockerfile:
FROM php:7.4-apache
# Install paquet requirements
RUN set -ex; \
# Install required system ...
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After upgrade my cron script does not find the command /usr/sbin/ssmtp
I have several raspberries running the same cron script but after updating/upgrading jessie on one of them i get
ssmtp:: command not found
I can run that command from the command-line but running the ...
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systemd (OnFailure) using ssmtp with gmail can't send mail
Some important service:
[Unit]
...
OnFailure=status-email@%n.service
[email protected]:
[Unit]
Description=status email for %i to user
[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/systemd-...
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How can I identify what process is sending emails?
My email service provider has informed me that I keep hitting my daily SMTP quota limit and has identified one of my servers as sending email from a root account.
I've disabled any cronjobs that were ...
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Sending automated emails (Ubuntu 20.04)
I have a database (proprietary software wrapping postgres) running on a Ubuntu 20.04 VM, which comes with a python API to read and write into the database. For technical reasons, it's better to use ...
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