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 [https://marlam.de/msmtp/ msmtp] is a basic email sender client. It is easy to configure but lacks some features like queuing when offline.
-== Basic configuration with TLS connections ==
+== Installation ==
+A minimal configuration to relay mails through an external mail server coud look like this
+{{warning|1=Do not use a plaintext password in production, this is for demonstration only}}
+<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
+programs.msmtp = {
+  enable = true;
+  accounts = {
+    default = {
+      host = "example.org";
+      from = "hello@example.org";
+      user = "hello@example.org";
+      password = "mypassword123";
+    };
+  };
+};
+</syntaxhighlight>
+In this case ''msmtp'' will try to deliver mails through the smtp server <code>example.org</code> on port <code>25</code>. <code>user</code> and <code>password</code> are used for normal plaintext authentication.
+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:
+<code>user</code>
+== Configuration ==
+Further configuration options for ''msmtp'' can be found [https://marlam.de/msmtp/msmtp.html here].
+=== TLS connections ===
 <syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
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 Note that msmtp has no daemon and runs as the invoking user. If using <code>passwordeval</code>, the file must be readable by any user that wishes to send mail.
-== Aliases ==
+=== Aliases ===
 Example:
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 == See also ==
 * [https://search.nixos.org/options?query=programs.msmtp msmtp options list]
 [[Category:Applications]]