Sending emails from command line on Ubuntu
This is a simple guide for setting up a server with a dyndns domain to be able to use a google account to send emails from the command line or report emails from cronjobs.
I tried several different solutions that I found via google search and found this one to be the easiest.
You can either use an existing gmail account or do as I did and create a new account specifically for this task as I didn’t want to put my personal gmail account details on the server.
First install ssmtp:
sudo apt-get install ssmtp
Edit the ssmtp config file:
sudo vim /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf
Update the contents of the ssmtp.conf file with the following details:
root=username@gmail.com
mailhub=smtp.gmail.com:465
rewriteDomain=gmail.com
AuthUser=username
AuthPass=password
FromLineOverride=YES
UseTLS=YES
Now test the congifuration:
ssmtp <recipient_email_address>
To: <recipient_email_address>
From: <from_email_address>
Subject: Testing Contents go here.
To send the email press: Ctrl + D
