Send email from your Raspberry Pi 3
Written by pmd - - no commentsSimple SMTP is a simple MTA (Mail Transport Agent) to deliver mail from a computer to a mail hub (SMTP server). It can be usefull to send result of your Cron jobs.
Install ssmtp:
sudo apt-get install ssmtp
Configure it:
sudo nano /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf
#
# Config file for sSMTP sendmail
#
# The person who gets all mail for userids < 1000
# Make this empty to disable rewriting.
root=username@gmail.com
# The place where the mail goes. The actual machine name is required no
# MX records are consulted. Commonly mailhosts are named mail.domain.com
mailhub=smtp.gmail.com:587
# Where will the mail seem to come from?
#rewriteDomain=
# The full hostname
hostname=raspberrypi
UseSTARTTLS=YES
AuthUser=username
AuthPass=password
# Are users allowed to set their own From: address?
# YES - Allow the user to specify their own From: address
# NO - Use the system generated From: address
FromLineOverride=YES
Configure the account sending the email:
# sSMTP aliases
#
# Format: local_account:outgoing_address:mailhub
#
# Example: root:your_login@your.domain:mailhub.your.domain[:port]
# where [:port] is an optional port number that defaults to 25.
root:username@gmail.com:smtp.gmail.com:587
pi:username@gmail.com:smtp.gmail.com:587
Try to send an email:
echo "email for test" | ssmtp -vvv email@domaine.com
If you use Gmail you might need to allow less secure apps: https://myaccount.google.com/lesssecureapps