SSMTP.CONF(5)

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.

TLSKey
    The file name of an RSA key to use for TLS, if required.

TLS_CA_File
    A file of trusted certificates for validating the server, if required.

TLS_CA_Dir
    A directory of trusted certificates for validating the server, if required.

VerifyPeer
    Specifies whether ssmtp to verify peer(server) certificate.

VerifyPeerName
    Specifies whether ssmtp to verify peer(server) hostname.

AllowSelfSigned
    Specifies whether ssmtp to allow self signed certificates.

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), Dave Collier-Brown (davecb@hobbes.ss.org) and Syed Shahrukh Hussain (syed.shahrukh@ossrevival.org). Reuben Thomas (rrt@sc3d.org) wrote the man page.