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From:	Andrew DeFaria <Andrew AT DeFaria DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: where can I find /etc/ssmpt/ssmtp.conf sample file?or mannual?
Date:	Thu, 28 Mar 2002 08:38:35 -0800
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jinhyuk choi wrote:

> I found ssmtp works on command line mannually,
> but I guess I can join it with mutt MUA so 
> when I want to only send a mail, I won't need any
> graphical mail agent.
> but I could not find man pages how to configure
> ssmtp.conf file and how to make work mutt with
> ssmtp.exe.
> where can I find sample or doc's on it?


I use the following:

#!/bin/bash
################################################################################
#
# File:         setup_ssmtp
# Description:  This script sets up ssmtp mail configuration
# Author:       Andrew AT DeFaria DOT com
# Created:      Wed Jan  9 12:57:13  2002
# Language:     Bash Shell
# Modifications:<modifications>
#
# (c) Copyright 2002, Andrew AT DeFaria DOT com, all rights reserved
#
################################################################################
# Setup /etc/ssmtp config directory
ssmtp_dir=/etc/ssmtp
domain=<your domain>
mail_server=<your mail server>

mkdir -p $ssmtp_dir
chmod 700 $ssmtp_dir

# Make some simple aliases. Alias $USER to the proper email address and then
# alias root, Administrator and postmaster to the user's address thus making
# the user "god" of smtp on this machine only.
cat > $ssmtp_dir/revaliases <<EOF
# sSMTP aliases
#
# Format:       local_account:outgoing_address:mailhub
#
# Example: root:your_login AT your DOT domain:mailhub.your.domain:[port]
# where [port] is an optional port number that defaults to 25.
$USER:$USER@$domain:$mail_server:25
root:$USER@$domain:$mail_server:25
Administrator:$USER@$domain:$mail_server:25
postmaster:$USER@$domain:$mail_server:25
EOF

# Get a downshifted hostname
hostname=$(hostname | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')

# Make ssmtp.conf
cat > $ssmtp_dir/ssmtp.conf <<EOF
# ssmtp.conf: Config file for Cygwin's sstmp sendmail
#
# The person who gets all mail for userids < 10
root=postmaster
# The place where the mail goes. The actual machine name is required
# no MX records are consulted. Commonly mailhosts are named mail.domain.com
# The example will fit if you are in domain.com and you mailhub is so named.
mailhub=$mail_server
# Where will the mail seem to come from?
#rewriteDomain=$USER.$domain
# The full hostname
hostname=$hostname.$domain
# Set this to never rewrite the "From:" line (unless not given) and to
# use that address in the "from line" of the envelope.
#FromLineOverride=YES
EOF





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