ssmtp (5) - Linux Manuals
ssmtp: ssmtp configuration file
NAME
ssmtp.conf - ssmtp configuration fileDESCRIPTION
ssmtp reads configuration data from /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf The file contains keyword-argument pairs, one per line. Lines starting with `#' and empty lines are interpreted as comments.The possible keywords and their meanings are as follows (both are case-insensitive):
- Root
-
The user that gets all mail for userids less than 1000. If blank, address rewriting is disabled.
- Mailhub
-
The host to send mail to, in the form
host | IP_addr [: port ]
The default port is 25.
- RewriteDomain
-
The domain from which mail seems to come.
for user authentication.
- Hostname
-
The full qualified name of the host.
If not specified, the host is queried for its hostname.
- FromLineOverride
-
Specifies whether the From header of an email, if any, may override the default domain.
The default is
``no''
- UseTLS
-
Specifies whether ssmtp uses TLS to talk to the SMTP server.
The default is
``no''
- UseSTARTTLS
-
Specifies whether ssmtp does a EHLO/STARTTLS before starting SSL negotiation.
See RFC 2487.
- TLSCert
- The file name of an RSA certificate to use for TLS, if required.
- TLSKey
- The file name of an RSA key to use for TLS, if required.
- TLS_CA_File
-
A file of trusted certificates for validating the server, if required.
- TLS_CA_Dir
-
A directory of trusted certificates for validating the server, if required.
- AuthUser
-
The user name to use for SMTP AUTH.
The default is blank, in which case SMTP AUTH is not used.
sent without
- AuthPass
-
The password to use for SMTP AUTH.
- AuthMethod
- The authorization method to use. If unset, plain text is used. May also be set to ``cram-md5''
FILES
- /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf
- Contains configuration data for ssmtp
AUTHORS
Matt Ryan (mryan [at] debian.org), Hugo Haas (hugo [at] debian.org), Christoph Lameter (clameter [at] debian.org) and Dave Collier-Brown (davecb [at] hobbes.ss.org). Reuben Thomas (rrt [at] sc3d.org) wrote the man page.