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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.