Questions tagged [ssmtp]
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After updating sSMTP to version 2.61 I cannot send mail via gmail
I updated sSMTP to version 2.61 and now when I try to us it I receive the following error:
ssmtp: Cannot open smtp.gmail.com:587
I can connect via telnet to their address, but sSMTP seems to get tripped up and Im not sure what changed after the…
ProfessionalAmateur
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ssmtp: Cannot open mail:25
I've installed ssmtp and then edited the ssmtp.conf file so could try sending a mail but says cannot open mail:25 however in the conf file I set it to gmail port 467 and I am pretty sure everything else is right.
What specifically do I need to look…
cea
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Troubleshooting sSMTP: Authorization failed
My requirements are:
send an email from the terminal (for the sake of batch processing)
attach a pdf file to that email (the pdfs would be identical for all recipients, except for a watermark)
specify a reply-to address (myusername@gmail.com)
I've…
Erwann
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ssmtp: sending email through the command-line, body of email being ignored
When I run:
echo "Subject: mysubject\n\nmytext" | sudo ssmtp myemail@gmail.com
I expect the line above to send an email to myemail@gmail.com with mysubject as Subject, and mytext as body of the email.
However, it sends an email with…
Pierre B
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www-data as the expeditor of a mail sent with contact 7, ssmtp being the server
On my Debian Raspberry, i have installed ssmtp. When I send an email, using Wordpress' contact 7 form, the email appears as sent by www-data, the owner of the directory where wordpress is installed.
How can I change this ? it is so ugly !
Here is…
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How to attach file to mail using SSMTP ONLY!
I have this bash script that prepares and sends an email using SSMTP. The line that sends the message looks like this:
/usr/local/sbin/ssmtp -vvvv $recipients < $mail_file
$recipients: the recipient list
$mail_file: the mail file
How would I attach…
SCilek
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