I used to run my own mail server from my linux machine. Then due to FCC guidelines, comcast blocked the port for the smtp and pop mail, this way i cannot send or receive emails through that linux server.<\/p>\n
The other option is enable secure ports for the smtp and the pop and get somebody to redirect that to my server.<\/p>\n
So now if i have to send an email from my wordpress based server, i’m going to use the service of google and use that to relay my emails to the users.<\/p>\n
What do we need.<\/p>\n
First install sSMTP<\/p>\n
apt-get install ssmpt<\/pre>\nNow open the php.ini, in the \/etc\/php5\/apache2 folder and make sure that the line sendmail_path is uncommented and reads as follows<\/p>\n
sendmail_path = \/usr\/sbin\/ssmtp -t<\/pre>\nafter this you need to restart your webserver.<\/p>\n
Now to configure your ssmtp.conf<\/p>\n
#\r\n# Config file for sSMTP sendmail\r\n#\r\n# The person who gets all mail for userids < 1000\r\n# Make this empty to disable rewriting.\r\nroot=<yourgmail id>\r\n\r\n# The place where the mail goes. The actual machine name is required no\r\n# MX records are consulted. Commonly mailhosts are named mail.domain.com\r\nmailhub=smtp.gmail.com:587\r\n\r\n# Where will the mail seem to come from?\r\nrewriteDomain=<the website from which the email appears to come from>\r\n\r\n# The full hostname\r\nhostname=<the website from which the email appears to come from>\r\n\r\n# Are users allowed to set their own From: address?\r\n# YES - Allow the user to specify their own From: address\r\n# NO - Use the system generated From: address\r\nFromLineOverride=YES\r\nAuthUser=<the gmail account you are using to relay through>\r\nAuthPass=<gmail password>\r\nUseSTARTTLS=yes\r\nUseTLS=yes\r\nAuthMethod=LOGIN<\/pre>\nNow the other config file revaliases<\/p>\n
# sSMTP aliases\r\n#\r\n# Format: local_account:outgoing_address:mailhub\r\n#\r\n# Example: root:your_login@your.domain:mailhub.your.domain[:port]\r\n# where [:port] is an optional port number that defaults to 25.\r\nroot::smtp.gmail.com:587\r\nmainuser::smtp.gmail.com:587<\/pre>\nNow test your setup from the command line<\/p>\n
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