Setup AMC to send email
Version 3 (Laurent Lassalle, 09/18/2020 03:38 pm)
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| 3 | 2 | Laurent Lassalle | From version commit:36a9d0f6f29b (2017-10-02), AMC can be configured to send emails with anthenticated SMTP (see _Edit/Preferences/Email_). Try this first. |
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| 5 | 1 | h1. Setup AMC to send email |
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| 7 | 1 | The following steps lists down how to configure AMC to send email. |
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| 9 | 1 | h3. 1) Install @msmtp@ |
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| 11 | 1 | <pre> |
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| 12 | 1 | $ sudo apt-get install msmtp |
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| 13 | 1 | </pre> |
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| 15 | 1 | h3. 2) Create @msmtp@ configuration file |
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| 17 | 1 | Create a @msmtp@ configuration file named _.msmtprc_ in your home directory. |
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| 19 | 1 | h3. 3) Set permission for _.msmtprc_ file |
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| 21 | 1 | Set permission for _.msmtprc_ file so that only you can read and write it. |
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| 23 | 1 | <pre> |
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| 24 | 1 | $ touch ~/.msmtprc |
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| 25 | 1 | $ chmod 0600 ~/.msmtprc |
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| 26 | 1 | </pre> |
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| 28 | 1 | h3. 4) Edit _.msmtprc_ file |
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| 30 | 1 | Add the following content to _.msmtprc_ file and save it. |
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| 32 | 1 | <pre> |
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| 33 | 1 | defaults |
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| 35 | 1 | ###################################################################### |
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| 36 | 1 | # A sample configuration using Gmail |
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| 37 | 1 | ###################################################################### |
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| 39 | 1 | # account name is "gmail". |
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| 40 | 1 | account gmail |
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| 41 | 1 | host smtp.gmail.com |
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| 42 | 1 | tls on |
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| 43 | 1 | tls_certcheck off |
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| 44 | 1 | port 587 |
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| 45 | 1 | auth login |
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| 46 | 1 | from your_user_name@gmail.com |
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| 47 | 3 | Laurent Lassalle | user your_user_name@gmail.com |
| 48 | 1 | password your_password |
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| 50 | 1 | account default: gmail |
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| 51 | 1 | </pre> |
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| 53 | 1 | h3. 5) Setup AMC to use @msmtp@ |
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| 55 | 1 | * Start AMC and open _Edit->Preferences->Email_. |
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| 56 | 1 | * Select @sendmail@ for _Mail delivery method_ . |
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| 57 | 1 | * Type @/usr/bin/msmtp@ in _sendmail path_ section. |
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| 59 | 1 | Now you send emails from AMC. |
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| 61 | 3 | Laurent Lassalle | If you have a message with Perl and "Email::Address", then you have to install perl modules typing : |
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| 63 | 3 | Laurent Lassalle | * cpan |
| 64 | 3 | Laurent Lassalle | * in "cpan", install Email::Address |
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| 66 | 3 | Laurent Lassalle | If you have a message "Broken pipe", with gmail, you have to allow non secure applications in Gmail parameters. |