Re: [gentoo-user] ssmtp.conf security concern
On Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 05:48:41PM -0400, John J. Foster wrote: On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 02:37:20AM +0530, Farhan Ahmed wrote: How bout using msmtp? It's lightweight and is well documented (?).. To use it change the value of sendmail in your .muttrc to this: I'm reading the manual right now, and will probably try it tonight. Well OK, I installed msmtp last night and all seems to be working just fine. Thanks Farhan, festus -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky pgpAn5wgwgZ9a.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] ssmtp.conf security concern
Good afternoon, I solved my problem of a few days ago by adding [EMAIL PROTECTED] AuthPass=PASSWORD to /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf. This was related to my ISP now requiring SMTP AUTH for mail. But I'm concerned about the security implications of having this in a world-readable file. If this was only necessary to get mutt mail off my system, I could just add set sendmail=/usr/sbin/ssmtp -au [EMAIL PROTECTED] -ap PASSWORD to my .muttrc file. But cron also need this in order to mail me results of nightly jobs using mailx. I realize this is just a single user system, but this solution just doesn't seem right. Are there config options that can be placed in individual $HOME rc files, ie. $HOME/.ssmtp.conf. I can't seem to track down much documentation on ssmtp.conf. I don't really want to go with something fullblown like sendmail. Thanks, festus -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky pgpYJ9VLmyHgF.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] ssmtp.conf security concern
John J. Foster wrote: Good afternoon, I solved my problem of a few days ago by adding [EMAIL PROTECTED] AuthPass=PASSWORD to /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf. This was related to my ISP now requiring SMTP AUTH for mail. But I'm concerned about the security implications of having this in a world-readable file. If this was only necessary to get mutt mail off my system, I could just add set sendmail=/usr/sbin/ssmtp -au [EMAIL PROTECTED] -ap PASSWORD to my .muttrc file. But cron also need this in order to mail me results of nightly jobs using mailx. I realize this is just a single user system, but this solution just doesn't seem right. Are there config options that can be placed in individual $HOME rc files, ie. $HOME/.ssmtp.conf. I can't seem to track down much documentation on ssmtp.conf. I don't really want to go with something fullblown like sendmail. How bout using msmtp? It's lightweight and is well documented (?).. To use it change the value of sendmail in your .muttrc to this: set sendmail=/usr/bin/msmtp Also fill in your account details in ~/.msmtprc: account default host smtp.your_provider.net from [EMAIL PROTECTED] #see man page for more auth options auth login user your_username password your_password #If your SMTP Server supports TLS encryption, uncomment the next line #tls Be sure to execute chmod 0600 ~/.msmtprc I copied these info from Gentoo Documentation.. Hope this helps.. Personally i use postfix with my gmail account.. Farhan Ahmed P.S: Give muttng a try.. It has lots of features like nntp, smtp, sidebar support and plenty.. -- Place : Bangalore, Karnataka, India GPG Key : 8BE90E98 WengoPhone ID : farhanahmed IRC Nick: farhanahmed / farhanahmed06 (irc.freenode.net) pgpINKeC6F08c.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] ssmtp.conf security concern
On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 02:37:20AM +0530, Farhan Ahmed wrote: How bout using msmtp? It's lightweight and is well documented (?).. To use it change the value of sendmail in your .muttrc to this: I'm reading the manual right now, and will probably try it tonight. Farhan Ahmed P.S: Give muttng a try.. It has lots of features like nntp, smtp, sidebar support and plenty.. I tried using muttng on and off since it came out. Had some nice features that aren't in mainline, but too unstable for me, and just about totally unsupported right now. Thanks, festus -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky pgpJ9w4dFQAw0.pgp Description: PGP signature
