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Setup SENDMAIL on Mac OSX Yosemite
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SENDMAIL on MAC OSX Yosemite

http://www.garron.me/en/mac/postfix-relay-gmail-mac-os-x-local-smtp.html

  1. Create a file to store our credentials:

    sudo vim /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd

  2. Add something like this:

    smtp.gmail.com:587 [email protected]:password

  3. Now run:

    sudo postmap /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd

  4. Prepare the postfix main config file:

    sudo vim /etc/postfix/main.cf

  5. Add/update these lines

    relayhost=smtp.gmail.com:587 smtp_sasl_auth_enable=yes smtp_sasl_password_maps=hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd smtp_use_tls=yes smtp_tls_security_level=encrypt tls_random_source=dev:/dev/urandom smtp_sasl_security_options = noanonymous smtp_always_send_ehlo = yes smtp_sasl_mechanism_filter = plain

  6. Stop/Start the service

    sudo postfix stop && sudo postfix start

  7. Check the queue for any errors

    mailq

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