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Mailx configuration in RHEL

If you are looking for a guide to help you configure Mailx in RHEL, follow these steps:

1. First, we have to install Mailx via a package manager as seen below:

   sudo yum install mailx
2. Then, we have to open the Mailx configuration file and configure the options as per our needs.
   • set from:

     We can use this option to set the default sender email address for outgoing emails. For instance, we can set the from address to bob@bobcares.com by adding the following line to the configuration file:

     set from=bob@bobcares.com
   • set smtp-use-starttls:

     We can use this option to enable or disable the use of STARTTLS encryption when we connect to the SMTP server.
   • set smtp-auth-user and set smtp-auth-password:

     These options are used to set the username and password for authenticating with the SMTP server.
3. Finally, it is time to test the Mailx configuration by sending a test email as seen below: echo "Test email" | mail -s "Test email" bob@bobcares.com

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