NAME

       ssmtp.conf — ssmtp configuration file

DESCRIPTION

       ssmtp  reads  configuration data from /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf The file contains keyword-argument pairs, one
       per line.  Lines starting with ‘#’ and empty lines are interpreted as comments.

       The possible keywords and their meanings are as follows (both are case-insensitive):

       Root    The user that gets all mail for userids less than 1000. If blank, address rewriting is disabled.

       Mailhub
               The host to send mail to, in the form host port | IP_addr port [: port].  The default port is 25.

       RewriteDomain
               The domain from which mail seems to come.  for user authentication.

       Hostname
               The full qualified name of the host.  If not specified, the host is queried for its hostname.

       FromLineOverride
               Specifies whether the From header of an email, if any, may  override  the  default  domain.   The
               default is “no”.

       UseTLS  Specifies whether ssmtp uses TLS to talk to the SMTP server.  The default is “no”.

       UseSTARTTLS
               Specifies whether ssmtp does a EHLO/STARTTLS before starting SSL negotiation.  See RFC 2487.

       TLSCert
               The file name of an RSA certificate to use for TLS, if required.

       AuthUser
               The  user  name to use for SMTP AUTH.  The default is blank, in which case SMTP AUTH is not used.
               sent without

       AuthPass
               The password to use for SMTP AUTH.

       AuthMethod
               The authorization method to use.  If unset, plain text is used.  May also be set to “cram-md5”.

FILES

       /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf
               Contains configuration data for ssmtp.

SEE ALSO

       ssmtp(8)

AUTHORS

       Matt Ryan (mryan@debian.org), Hugo Haas (hugo@debian.org), Christoph  Lameter  (clameter@debian.org)  and
       Dave Collier-Brown (davecb@hobbes.ss.org).  Reuben Thomas (rrt@sc3d.org) wrote the man page.

Debian                                           October 7, 2004                                   SSMTP.CONF(5)