- #UBUTNTU SEND MAIL USING SSMTP FROM PHP HOW TO#
- #UBUTNTU SEND MAIL USING SSMTP FROM PHP INSTALL#
- #UBUTNTU SEND MAIL USING SSMTP FROM PHP FULL#
- #UBUTNTU SEND MAIL USING SSMTP FROM PHP PASSWORD#
If you look at the script itself you can see it's being called on the following line: The critical CPU temperature has been reached. Here is such a text file for use in the script which monitors CPU Temperatures: Obviously you don't want to be doing stuff from the Command Line each time you want to send an email so it's better to write a little text file containing the email contents. After a few seconds sSMTP will send the message. Once you have finished composing your email hit Ctrl-D.
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Everything you type from the Hello World! onwards is the body of the email. Note the blank like after the subject field. Ssmtp will then wait for you to type your message, which needs to be formatted like this:
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The simplest way to do this is to run sSMTP in a terminal with a recipient email address. Once you've configurd sSMTP it's time to try and send an email.
#UBUTNTU SEND MAIL USING SSMTP FROM PHP HOW TO#
Then add a new line similar to How to test you have configured ssmtp properly I personally haven't done this but if it's something you'd like to do then edit the revaliases file as follows: This means you can make the email appear as if it's from a different email address. Adding reverse aliasesĪ reverse alias changes the "From" address. If you make a mistake editing the file then issue :q! instead of :wq to abort your changes. Once you've finished editing the file press the key once and type :wq to save and quit out of the file. # NO - Use the system generated From: address # YES - Allow the user to specify their own From: address
#UBUTNTU SEND MAIL USING SSMTP FROM PHP FULL#
# The full Are users allowed to set their own From: address? Commonly mailhosts are named Where will the mail seem to come from? # Make this empty to disable The place where the mail goes. # The person who gets all mail for userids < 1000 I mask out the original lines using a # but you can simply edit them instead: Then press the key once to switch into Insert Mode and edit the file as follows. This will open the config file for editing.
#UBUTNTU SEND MAIL USING SSMTP FROM PHP INSTALL#
I like to use vim which is a powerful but simple text editor (issue: sudo apt-get install vim if you don't have it installed already). Obviously you should alter the following to text suit your own setup:įirstly, we'll configure the config file. I'm using my gmail account to handle all my emails but you can obviously use your favourite email address. Now we've installed the package we need to configure it. Sudo apt-get install ssmtp How to configure ssmtp
#UBUTNTU SEND MAIL USING SSMTP FROM PHP PASSWORD#
Ubuntu tends to prompt for a password each time you issue a "sudo" command. This is the password you created when you installed Ubuntu. So, from a Putty Session or, if you've got a screen and keyboard attached to your server, then you can use the command line itself to type the following: So, how do you install it? How to install ssmtpīefore we do anything else we should bring the Ubuntu Repository up to date.
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It's not rocket science to install ssmtp, it's one simple command, although configuring it can be a bit more challenging.
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I use ssmtp which is a simple Mail Transfer Agent (MTA). Whilst you can install and configure a fully featured email system you really don't need to do so if all you want to do is send emails and not receive them too. Infact you can get email alerts on pretty much anything you desire! I also get emails to tell me about the state of my SnapRAID Array. I also get emails when any of my Torrents have downloaded. If you've been following this guide from the start you'll know I've configured my server to send me an email if either the CPU or any of the hard drives exceed my pre-determined temperatures. That said, some people actually enjoy doing this and if you're one of those people then you can skip this page completely. Once you've got your server up and running the last thing you want to be doing is logging onto it every 5 minutes to check everything is ok. How to send email alerts from Ubuntu Server using ssmtp