Sending email with sSmtp

Posted 8 years ago - updated 8 years ago ssmtp email

SSMTP is a great send-only sendmail alternative.

Config

AuthMethod=LOGIN

root=martinhearn@gmail.com

mailhub=smtp.gmail.com:587

rewriteDomain=gmail.com

hostname=localhost

UseTLS=Yes
TLS_CA_File=/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt
UseSTARTTLS=Yes

AuthUser=martinhearn@gmail.com
AuthPass=idzobjmopztgavcf

FromLineOverride=YES

@todo change this AuthUser= is the username which authenticates AuthPass= is the password for the user above FromLineOverride= is needed to allow the user to specify their own From: address (Gmail does not allow the user to specify their own From: address) mailhub= is the smtp server through which we are going to send the emails. the port is optionally needed. UseSTARTTLS= is to make a secure connection. Gmail needs it. Others settings: rewriteDomain= where will the mail seem to come from hostname= the full hostname of the machine

Test

echo â€œtestâ€ | ssmtp -vvv recipient@address.com
ssmtp recipient@address.com < filename.txt

Logging

on centos:

tail -f /var/log/maillog

Using with PHP

Edit/add this line to your php.ini file

sendmail_path=â€/usr/sbin/ssmtp -tâ€

Using with mail

You must install mailutils after ssmtp:

# Centos
yum install mailx

# Ubuntu/Debian
sudo apt-get install mailutils

Test:

echo "Message Body" | mail -s "Message Subject" receiver@example.com