NAME
ssmtp.conf – ssmtp configuration file
DESCRIPTION
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 port | IP_addr port [: 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.
- 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.
SEE ALSO
AUTHORS
Matt Ryan ([email protected]), Hugo Haas ([email protected]), Christoph Lameter ([email protected]) and Dave Collier-Brown ([email protected]). Reuben Thomas ([email protected]) wrote the man page.