Ansible role to install and configure msmtp on Debian, CentOS, Ubuntu, Alpine and Archlinux.
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| Key | Value |
|---|---|
| msmtp_global_tls_trustfile | location of ca-certificates |
| msmtp_global_auth | enable authentification for all accounts |
| msmtp_global_tls | enable tls for all accounts |
| msmtp_global_starttls | enable startls for all accounts |
| msmtp_global_log | This can be either set to syslog (default) or to file |
| msmtp_global_logfile | If logging is set to file mode, set here the location of the outputfile |
| msmtp_domain | Set the argument of the SMTP EHLO (or LMTP LHLO) command |
| msmtp_default_account | If no other account is specified, set the default account to be used |
| msmtp_alias_default | Set the default account to be used with nonmapped usernames (see aliases) |
| msmtp_aliases | The location of the aliases file (typically /etc/aliases) |
Account Settings
Multiple Accounts can be configured under the accounts key (see example)
| Key | Value |
|---|---|
| msmtp_account.account | Sets the name of the account |
| msmtp_account.host | Sets the name of the smtp server to be used |
| msmtp_account.port | Sets the port of the smtp server to be used |
| msmtp_account.auth | Enables ("on) or disables ("off") authentication. Be aware that the value should be quoted |
| msmtp_account.from | Sets the sender e-mail address |
| msmtp_account.user | Sets the username for the smtp server |
| msmtp_account.user | Sets the password for the smtp server |
Alias Settings
The aliases file maps Linux accounts to e-mail addresses. These mappings can be specified under the aliases key (see example)
| Key | Value |
|---|---|
| user | Sets the Linux username (e.g. root) |
| Sets the mail account to be used with that username |
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Below is an example playbook. Do note that due to increased default security for gmail, you will need to create an application password for usage with msmtp and also allow less secure apps.
It should be noted that gmail and icloud can change their policies at any time, so this is not guaranteed to work indefinitely.
- hosts: localhost
remote_user: root
roles:
- fauch922.ansible_msmtp_setup
vars:
msmtp_global_tls_trustfile:
msmtp_global_auth: "on"
msmtp_global_tls: "on"
msmtp_global_starttls: "on"
msmtp_global_log: syslog
msmtp_domain: localhost
msmtp_default_account: gmail
accounts:
- account: gmail
host: smtp.gmail.com
port: 587
auth: "on"
from: example@gmail.com
user: example@gmail.com
password: "app-password"
- account: icloud
host: smtp.mail.me.com
port: 587
auth: "on"
from: example@icloud.com
user: example@icloud.com
password: "icloud-password"
aliases:
- user: root
mail: root@gmail.com
- user: cron
mail: cron@gmail.com
- user: www-data
mail: apache@gmail.com
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Martin Schmid, mscbiz@akaritech.com