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at December 26, 2010 21:27 by takel


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sudo apt-get install ssmtp
sudo geany /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf

Paste to config
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hostname=ubuntu
[email protected]
AuthPass=password
FromLineOverride=YES
mailhub=smtp.gmail.com:587
UseSTARTTLS=YES

sudo geany /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini

Paste this to php.ini
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sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/ssmtp -t

To verify if the server is sending emails, send a test email:
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ssmtp [email protected]

You can check if the email are sent by running the following in a second terminal (ALT+F2):
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tail -f /var/log/mail.log

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Initial Title
Sending emails from localhost with SSMTP

Initial Tags
mail, ubuntu

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