h1. Notice

From version commit:36a9d0f6f29b (2017-10-02), AMC can be configured to send emails with anthenticated SMTP (see _Edit/Preferences/Email_). Try this first.

h1. Setup AMC to send email



The following steps lists down how to configure AMC to send email.



h3. 1) Install @msmtp@



<pre>

$ sudo apt-get install msmtp

</pre>



h3. 2) Create @msmtp@ configuration file



Create a @msmtp@ configuration file named _.msmtprc_ in your home directory.



h3. 3) Set permission for _.msmtprc_ file



Set permission for _.msmtprc_ file so that only you can read and write it.



<pre>

$ touch ~/.msmtprc

$ chmod 0600 ~/.msmtprc

</pre>



h3. 4) Edit _.msmtprc_ file



Add the following content to _.msmtprc_ file and save it.



<pre>

defaults



######################################################################

# A sample configuration using Gmail

######################################################################



# account name is "gmail".

account gmail

host smtp.gmail.com

tls on

tls_certcheck off

port 587

auth login

from your_user_name@gmail.com

user your_user_name

password your_password



account default: gmail

</pre>



h3. 5) Setup AMC to use @msmtp@



* Start AMC and open _Edit->Preferences->Email_.

* Select @sendmail@ for _Mail delivery method_ .

* Type @/usr/bin/msmtp@ in _sendmail path_ section.



Now you send emails from AMC.