If you only want to send mail, install mutt.... With mutt u can use any SMTP server, and mutt comes with its own;-)
On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 11:09 PM, tcb2 <tchadwic...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've recently gotten Exim4 to send mail from the BBB with Debian, using the > Gmail SMTP server. (I tried using the BBB as the server with SMTP port 25, > but my ISP [Comcast] blocks that port to prevent spam.) I am running code to > monitor a sensor, and wanted an email alert to me at certain detected > values. Here are the general steps: > > 1. Tell Google that you'll be sending email from your BBB. From a browser on > the BBB, sign in to your gmail account at: > http://www.google.com/accounts/DisplayUnlockCaptcha > > > 2. Open port 587. For this you need to be root. Check your iptables > (firewall) first to see if 587 is already open: > # iptables -L -n > > If not, then > # iptables -A OUTPUT -p tcp --dport 587 -j ACCEPT > > and, if you don't have any input rules, which is good (see > http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/104954/how-to-allow-outgoing-smtp-on-iptables-debian-linux), > then > > # iptables -I INPUT -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT > > 3. Install and configure exim4 as root. This is the package that sends the > email. > > # apt-get install exim4 > > Now, configure exim as root: > > # dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config > in the dialog, answer as follows: > > Configuration type mail sent by smarthost; received via SMTP or fetchmail > System mail name localhost > IP-addresses to listen on for incoming SMTP connections 127.0.0.1 ; ::1 (to > refuse external connections) > Other destinations for which mail is acceptedleave empty > Machines to relay mail forleave empty > IP address or host name of the outgoing smarthostsmtp.gmail.com::587 > Hide local mail name in outgoing mail ?yes > Keep number of DNS-queries minimal (Dial-on-Demand) ?no > Delivery method for local mailmbox format in /var/mail/ > Split configuration into small files ?no > > check /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf to see if the file looks like the > below, and if not, change it: > > dc_eximconfig_configtype='smarthost' > dc_other_hostnames='' > dc_local_interfaces='127.0.0.1 ; ::1' > dc_readhost='' > dc_relay_domains='' > dc_minimaldns='false' > dc_relay_nets='' > dc_smarthost='smtp.gmail.com::587' > CFILEMODE='644' > dc_use_split_config='false' > dc_hide_mailname='true' > dc_mailname_in_oh='true' > dc_localdelivery='mail_spool' > > Then modify /etc/exim4/passwd.client to (substitute your gmail name and > pwd): > > gmail-smtp.l.google.com:yourgmailn...@gmail.com:yourpassword > *.google.com:yourgmailn...@gmail.com:yourpassword > smtp.gmail.com:youremailna...@gmail.com:yourpassword > > Change permissions, etc > > # chown root:Debian-exim /etc/exim4/passwd.client > # chmod 640 /etc/exim4/passwd.client > > restart Exim > > # update-exim4.conf > # invoke-rc.d exim4 restart > > > 4. Test sending mail > > you can do this in perl, for example: > > #!/usr/bin/perl > > $to = 'some-email-address'; > $from = 'yourgmailn...@gmail.com'; > $subject = 'Test Email'; > $message = 'This is test email sent by Perl Script'; > > open(MAIL, "|/usr/sbin/sendmail -t"); > > print MAIL "To: $to\n"; > print MAIL "From: $from\n"; > print MAIL "Subject: $subject\n\n"; > print MAIL $message; > > close(MAIL); > > print "Email Sent Successfully\n"; > > or another way it to create a file called mail-body.txt: > > to : some-email-address > from : yourgmailn...@gmail.com > subject : Test mail > > This is the first mail sent by my server's sendmail ! > > and then do > > # cat mail-body.txt | sendmail -t > > if mail is not sending, then check /var/log/exim4/mainlog for errors. > > # tail /var/log/exim4/mainlog > > > good luck! > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
