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Getting the help desk to send emails
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  • Added EPEL repository with rpm -Uvh http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
  • Did yum update for good measure
  • Installed SSMTP with yum install ssmtp
  • Edited /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf to look like this:
mailhub=smtp.gmail.com:587
UseSTARTTLS=YES
FromLineOverride=YES
AuthUser=helpdesk@gmail.com
AuthPass=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
TLS_CA_File=/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt
  • Set up SSMTP as the default sendmail application by running alternatives --config mta. (You can verify with sendmail -V)
  • Added root:helpdesk@gmail.com:smtp.gmail.com:587 to /etc/ssmtp/revaliases
  • Uncommented sendmail_from = helpdesk@gmail.com from /etc/php.ini
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