msmtp on debian
Email offers a simple and reliable method for machine-user communication. msmtp is a handy current tool for setting up email-sending capabilities on a linux host.
install
apt install msmtp msmtp-mta bsd-mailx
configure
- edit
/etc/msmtprc- full example https://marlam.de/msmtp/msmtprc.txt
- minimal config:
defaults
port 587
tls on
account exampleaccount
host mail.examplehost.tld
from tech@examplehost.tld
auth on
user tech@examplehost.tld
password SECRET
account default: exampleaccount
For allowing mail to bve send with standard mail command you need to append
set mta=/usr/bin/msmtp
to
/etc/mail.rc
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