Send mail using gmail
Revision as of 18:29, 21 July 2011 by Melle Visser (talk | contribs)
This how-to describes what steps need to be taken in order to send mail using the gmail service.
This how-to is not limited to gmail only, but also relevant for any other (TLS) mail service.
Below is the configuration I will be using during the how-to, please replace it with your own.
smtp server : smtp.myisp.com username : eek password : thecat mailuser at myisp.com : eek@myisp.com mailuser on bubba : eek@bubba.excito.com
Packages
The B3 comes with all necessary packages pre-installed.
Setup
Login to the b3 using ssh and become the root user.
su -
backup your original /etc/postfix/main.cf file
cp /etc/postfix/main.cf /etc/postfix/main.cf.orig