Added example playbook.

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* Access to a functioning SMTP server.
## How to install
* Use github to clone/fork into your role directory
* ansible galaxy ```ansible-galaxy install chriswayg.msmtp-mailer```
* Either use github to clone/dwonload into your roles directory:
- `git clone https://github.com/chriswayg/ansible-etckeeper.git`
* Or use ansible galaxy:
- `ansible-galaxy install chriswayg.msmtp-mailer`
## Variables
All the default variables are located **defaults/main.yml**. Mostly you would need to configure the following variables.
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```
msmtp_accounts:
- account : gmail
host : smtp.gmail.com
port : 587
auth : "on"
from : example@gmail.example
user : example@gmail.example
password : "some password"
- account : mysmtp
host : smtp.example
port : 587
auth : "on"
from : admin@example.org
user : myuser@example.org
password : plain-text-password2
- account: gmail
host: smtp.gmail.com
port: 587
auth: "on"
from: example@gmail.example
user: example@gmail.example
password: "some password"
- account: mysmtp
host: smtp.example
port: 587
auth: "on"
from: admin@example.org
user: myuser@example.org
password: plain-text-password2
```
- *msmtp_default_account:* Default smtp account to use
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## Configure
You can configure your variables in ansible with one of the following
* Create a variable in host/group variables directory. (recommended)
* Editing var/main.yml
* Create a variable in host/group variables directory.
* Editing vars/main.yml
* Run ansible-playbook with -e
* Edit the default/main.yml (not recommended)
* Edit the defaults/main.yml (not recommended)
## Example Playbook
```yaml
---
- hosts: all
roles:
- chriswayg.msmtp-mailer
```
## Run
**By default mstmp will work as the configuration uses a real smtp server (for testing only!)**
**By default mstmp will function out of the box with the defaults/main.yml settings, because the configuration uses a real smtp server (for testing only!)**
```ansible-playbook -l hostname msmtp.yml```
## Test
You should get a test mail if it works on the root mail
You should get a test mail if it works as expected on the root mail
## Documentation
[msmtp manual](http://msmtp.sourceforge.net/doc/msmtp.html)