wlanboy
Content Contributer
This is the start of a small series of mail related posts. I will start with nullmailer which is the perfect fit for a small vps that just has to send some emails from time to time. No need for a whole mail server but the need for a sendmail like mail service.
Installation:
apt-get install nullmailer
Configuration:
The configuration itself does have following parameters:
[domain name of your smtp server] smtp --auth-login --user=[USER] --pass=[PASSWORD]
As you can see this is a local service. It is not listeing to any ports. It just catches local calls of sendmail.
To test the whole setup install the mailtutils:
apt-get install mailutils
And run following command:
echo "This is a text." | mail -s "Testing nullmailerl" [mail address for test]
Done.
This is a basic tutorial. Nothing worth but save you some time. For me it is just a "hey look at that" post.
Message of this tutorial: If you do have a mail account and you just need to send a few email with your vps - you should use nullmailer for that.
Installation:
apt-get install nullmailer
Configuration:
- /etc/nullmailer/adminaddr
Sender email address used by nullmailer - /etc/nullmailer/defaultdomain
Default domain for email service - etc/nullmailer/remotes
Login information for sending emails
The configuration itself does have following parameters:
[domain name of your smtp server] smtp --auth-login --user=[USER] --pass=[PASSWORD]
As you can see this is a local service. It is not listeing to any ports. It just catches local calls of sendmail.
To test the whole setup install the mailtutils:
apt-get install mailutils
And run following command:
echo "This is a text." | mail -s "Testing nullmailerl" [mail address for test]
Done.
This is a basic tutorial. Nothing worth but save you some time. For me it is just a "hey look at that" post.
Message of this tutorial: If you do have a mail account and you just need to send a few email with your vps - you should use nullmailer for that.