Install msmtp like a pro with this handy guide by our team of experts. Read on to learn more. 

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How to install msmtp

msmtp is an SMTP client that helps send mails from Mutt and other mail user agents. It transmits mails to an SMTP server, which in turn takes care of further delivery. Furthermore, we can easily configure it and put it to use with different SMTP servers via different profiles. In fact, this feature makes it ideal for mobile clients. Additionally, GSASL and TLS/SSL support are included in this package.

Today, our Server Management Support Techs are going to take us through the installation process of msmtp. But first, we’ll update our server to the most recent version. In case we are installing msmtp and Mutt on an existing server, we have to ensure we can update your server to the newest release.

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get upgrade

After that, we will start msmtp installation with the following command:

$ sudo apt-get -y install msmtp

Now, we require a file that consists of the CA certificates. This will allows us to connect via SSL/TLS to the email server. We can run the following command to verify if our server already has a ca-certificates package or not:

$ dpkg -l | grep ca-certificates

If a ca-certificate package is not installed, the above command will return a blank output. In this scenario, we can go ahead with ca-certificates package installation with the following command:

$ sudo apt-get -y install ca-certificates

How to configure msmtp

The next step in installing msmtp involves configuring msmtp. To begin with, we have to create an msmtp configuration file at /etc/msmtprc location. Then add the following content to this file:

defaults
auth           on
tls            on
tls_trust_file /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
logfile        ~/.msmtp.log# Gmail
account        gmail
host           smtp.gmail.com
port           587
from           @gmail.com
user           @gmail.com
password# Gmail
account        provider2
host           smtp.provider2.net
port           587
from           @provider2.net
user           @provider2.net
password# Set a default account
account default : gmail

In the above example, we have used a Gmail account. We can set any account as the default as per our preference.

After saving the configuration file, it is time to test the email configuration with the following command:

echo "Message" | mail -s "Title" bobcares@gmail.com

If successful, we will receive an email from our newly configured account.

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Conclusion

In a nutshell, our skilled Server Management Support Team at Bobcares demonstrated how to install msmtp.