Msmtp - Revision history

Tie-ling: /* Configuration */ merged from zfs article

2025-10-06T10:02:22Z

Configuration: merged from zfs article

← Older revision		Revision as of 10:02, 6 October 2025
Line 36:		Line 36:

	<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">		<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
	~~programs~~.msmtp = {		{
	enable = true;		age.secrets.msmtp = {
	~~accounts~~ = {		file = "${inputs.self.outPath}/secrets/msmtp.age";
	~~default~~ = {		};
	~~auth~~ = ~~true~~;
	~~tls~~ = ~~true~~;		# for zed enableMail, enable sendmailSetuidWrapper
	~~# try setting `tls_starttls` to `false` if sendmail hangs~~		services.mail.sendmailSetuidWrapper.enable = true;
	~~from~~ = "~~<from address here>~~";
	~~host~~ = "~~<hostname here>~~";		programs.msmtp = {
	~~user~~ = "~~<username here>~~";		enable = true;
	passwordeval = "cat /secrets~~/smtp_password~~.~~txt~~";		setSendmail = true;
			defaults = {
			aliases = "/etc/aliases";
			port = 587;
			auth = "plain";
			tls = "on";
			tls_starttls = "on";
			};
			accounts = {
			default = {
			host = "smtp.mail.example.com";
			passwordeval = "cat ${config.age.secrets.msmtp.path}";
			user = "myname@example.com";
			from = "myname@example.com";
			};
	};		};
	};		};
	};		}
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>

Line 56:		Line 70:
	=== Aliases ===		=== Aliases ===

	~~Example:~~		Then, configure an alias for root account. With this alias configured, all mails sent to root, such as cron job results and failed sudo login events, will be redirected to the configured email account.

	<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">		<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
	~~programs.msmtp.defaults =~~ {		{
	~~aliases = "/etc/aliases";~~		environment.etc.aliases.text = ''
	};		root: admin@example.com
			'';
	environment.etc ~~= {~~		}
	"aliases~~" = {~~
	text = ''
	root: me@example.com
	'';
	~~mode = "0644";~~
	};
	};
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>

DieSchoeneWolke: msmtp includes the msmtp-queue script to queue offline messages.

2024-10-31T09:59:37Z

msmtp includes the msmtp-queue script to queue offline messages.

← Older revision		Revision as of 09:59, 31 October 2024
Line 1:		Line 1:
	[https://marlam.de/msmtp/ msmtp] is a basic email sender client~~. It is easy to configure but lacks some features like queuing when offline~~.		[https://marlam.de/msmtp/ msmtp] is an easy to configure basic email sender client with fairly complete sendmail compatibility.

	== Installation ==		== Installation ==

Fidgetingbits: Fix typo and formatting

2024-04-10T02:21:38Z

Fix typo and formatting

← Older revision		Revision as of 02:21, 10 April 2024
Line 27:		Line 27:
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>

	A mail with the subject ''Test" will be ~~send~~ to the recipient ''john.doe@mail.com'' including the body text ''Hello World''. A Mime-Header is added to the mail content for better compatibility.		A mail with the subject ''Test'' will be sent to the recipient ''john.doe@mail.com'' including the body text ''Hello World''. A Mime-Header is added to the mail content for better compatibility.

	== Configuration ==		== Configuration ==

imported>Onny: More compatible mail test command

2023-06-04T17:36:55Z

More compatible mail test command

← Older revision		Revision as of 17:36, 4 June 2023
Line 24:		Line 24:

	<syntaxhighlight lang="console">		<syntaxhighlight lang="console">
	# sendmail john.doe@mail.com		# echo -e "Content-Type: text/plain\r\nSubject: Test\r\n\r\nHello World" \| sendmail john.doe@mail.com
	~~Subject: Test Send Mail~~
	~~Hello World~~
	~~control d (this key combination of control key and d will finish the email.)~~
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>

	~~The line break after the "Subject" line is mandatory.~~ A mail with the subject ''Test ~~Send Mail''~~ will be send to the recipient ''john.doe@mail.com'' including the body text ''Hello World''.		A mail with the subject ''Test" will be send to the recipient ''john.doe@mail.com'' including the body text ''Hello World''. A Mime-Header is added to the mail content for better compatibility.

	== Configuration ==		== Configuration ==

imported>Onny at 18:04, 25 April 2023

2023-04-25T18:04:12Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:04, 25 April 2023
Line 26:		Line 26:
	# sendmail john.doe@mail.com		# sendmail john.doe@mail.com
	Subject: Test Send Mail		Subject: Test Send Mail

	Hello World		Hello World
	control d (this key combination of control key and d will finish the email.)		control d (this key combination of control key and d will finish the email.)

imported>Onny: Fix example command

2022-11-25T19:41:16Z

Fix example command

← Older revision		Revision as of 19:41, 25 November 2022
Line 26:		Line 26:
	# sendmail john.doe@mail.com		# sendmail john.doe@mail.com
	Subject: Test Send Mail		Subject: Test Send Mail

	Hello World		Hello World
	control d (this key combination of control key and d will finish the email.)		control d (this key combination of control key and d will finish the email.)
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>

	A mail with the subject ''Test Send Mail'' will be send to the recipient ''john.doe@mail.com'' including the body text ''Hello World''.		The line break after the "Subject" line is mandatory. A mail with the subject ''Test Send Mail'' will be send to the recipient ''john.doe@mail.com'' including the body text ''Hello World''.

	== Configuration ==		== Configuration ==

imported>Tompurl at 19:22, 25 November 2022

2022-11-25T19:22:38Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 19:22, 25 November 2022
Line 45:		Line 45:
	auth = true;		auth = true;
	tls = true;		tls = true;
			# try setting `tls_starttls` to `false` if sendmail hangs
	from = "<from address here>";		from = "<from address here>";
	host = "<hostname here>";		host = "<hostname here>";

imported>Onny at 20:29, 7 September 2022

2022-09-07T20:29:02Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 20:29, 7 September 2022
Line 10:		Line 10:
	programs.msmtp = {		programs.msmtp = {
	enable = true;		enable = true;
	accounts = {		accounts.default = {
	~~default = {~~		host = "example.org";
	host = "example.org";		from = "hello@example.org";
	from = "hello@example.org";		user = "hello@example.org";
	user = "hello@example.org";		password = "mypassword123";
	password = "mypassword123";
	};
	};		};
	};		};

imported>Onny at 14:08, 7 September 2022

2022-09-07T14:08:12Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 14:08, 7 September 2022
Line 32:		Line 32:
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>

	A mail with the subject ''Test Send Mail'' will be send to the recipient ''john.doe@mail.com' including the body text ''Hello World''.		A mail with the subject ''Test Send Mail'' will be send to the recipient ''john.doe@mail.com'' including the body text ''Hello World''.

	== Configuration ==		== Configuration ==

imported>Onny at 14:07, 7 September 2022

2022-09-07T14:07:43Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 14:07, 7 September 2022
Line 25:		Line 25:
	This configuration will automatically set ''msmtp'' as the default mail delivery client on your system by overwriting the <code>sendmail</code> binary. To test mail delivery issue following command:		This configuration will automatically set ''msmtp'' as the default mail delivery client on your system by overwriting the <code>sendmail</code> binary. To test mail delivery issue following command:

			<syntaxhighlight lang="console">
			# sendmail john.doe@mail.com
			Subject: Test Send Mail
			Hello World
			control d (this key combination of control key and d will finish the email.)
			</syntaxhighlight>

			A mail with the subject ''Test Send Mail'' will be send to the recipient ''john.doe@mail.com' including the body text ''Hello World''.
	~~<code>user</code>~~

	== Configuration ==		== Configuration ==