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Created May 7, 2019 09:22
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Setup instructions for sendmail for Gmail on Mac OS X
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Setup sendmail on OS X
1.) Create a file to store our credentials:
sudo nano /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
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