Configuring mailutils?

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The_Great_Sephiroth · Wed Jul 05, 2017 10:41 pm

I have smartmontools on my laptop and want to run it and have it email me if something comes up. I know how to configure smartd, but that is where I stop. I assume mailutils is what was installed for use by smartd. Is this correct? If so, how do I configure it so smartd can email me if it sees an issue? I already have "-m me@my.email" in the smartd.conf file, so that is good to go. How do I get it to email me though?

PeGa! · Post by **PeGa!** » Fri Jul 21, 2017 4:15 pm

I would go by the ssmtpd path. Setting it up is very straightforward, even with google accounts and SSL/TLS.

This is a working config for relaying email to a google account:

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mailhub=smtp.gmail.com:587
hostname=localhost
UseSTARTTLS=YES
AuthUser=myusername@gmail.com
AuthPass=superGreatPassword

After that you can even send emails by using mail-client/mailx or equivalent.

The_Great_Sephiroth · Sat Jul 22, 2017 10:43 pm

Thanks, I'll give this a shot.