||<>|| = Send email alerts using ssmtp = Here’s how to setup sending emails through command line. A common application could be to send an alert message through user created script. = Prerequisites = * Ubuntu Server/Desktop * Gmail account = Setup = Update Ubuntu Repository {{{ sudo apt-get update }}} Install the ssmtp package {{{ sudo apt-get install ssmtp }}} = configure ssmtp = Edit the configuration file. The lines '''without''' the # are the ones we are interested in. {{{ sudo nano /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf }}} Adjust and add as necessary to match the following parameters Change "MyEmailAddress" and "MyPassword" to your own. {{{ # Config file for sSMTP sendmail # # The person who gets all mail for userids < 1000 # Make this empty to disable rewriting. #root=postmaster root=MyEmailAddress@gmail.com # The place where the mail goes. The actual machine name is required no # MX records are consulted. Commonly mailhosts are named mail.domain.com #mailhub=mail mailhub=smtp.gmail.com:587 AuthUser=MyEmailAddress@gmail.com AuthPass=MyPassword UseTLS=YES UseSTARTTLS=YES # Where will the mail seem to come from? #rewriteDomain= rewriteDomain=gmail.com # The full hostname #hostname=MyMediaServer.home hostname=MyMediaServer.home # Are users allowed to set their own From: address? # YES - Allow the user to specify their own From: address # NO - Use the system generated From: address FromLineOverride=YES }}} Create aliases for local usernames (optional) edit the /etc/ssmtp/revaliases file {{{ sudo nano /etc/ssmtp/revaliases }}} And add into it the desired translation which in our Gmail examples case will be {{{ root:username@gmail.com:smtp.gmail.com:587 mainuser:username@gmail.com:smtp.gmail.com:587 }}} From now on, the machine will Email when requested through command line or script. = Check setup = Lets test that our ssmtp setup was correct by sending an Email {{{ echo "Test message from Linux server using ssmtp" | sudo ssmtp -vvv destination-email-address@some-domain.com }}} The “-vvv” turns on verbosity output. = Errors = Unfortunately a few thing can go wrong. * Check username and password '''again''' * Check google is not blocking your new device