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..
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