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Sending emails from localhost with SSMTP

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  1. sudo apt-get install ssmtp
  2. sudo geany /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf
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  4. Paste to config
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  6. hostname=ubuntu
  7. AuthUser=email@gmail.com
  8. AuthPass=password
  9. FromLineOverride=YES
  10. mailhub=smtp.gmail.com:587
  11. UseSTARTTLS=YES
  12.  
  13. sudo geany /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini
  14.  
  15. Paste this to php.ini
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  17. sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/ssmtp -t
  18.  
  19. To verify if the server is sending emails, send a test email:
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  21. ssmtp recipient_email@example.com
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  23. You can check if the email are sent by running the following in a second terminal (ALT+F2):
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  25. tail -f /var/log/mail.log

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