chriswayg.msmtp-mailer

This ansible role deploys msmtp as a mailer for Debian / Ubuntu.

Prerequisite

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

Variables

All the default variables are located defaults/main.yml. Mostly you would need to configure the following variables.

msmtp_accounts: You can define one or more smtp accounts:

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

msmtp_default_account: Default smtp account to use

msmtp_default_account: "gmail"

Logging

Option A (syslog)
```
 msmtp_log : "syslog"
```

Option B (file logging)

 msmtp_log     : "file"
 msmtp_logfile : /var/log/msmtp.log

Option C (No logging)
```
 msmtp_log     : "no"
```

Mail aliases
- msmtp_alias_default: default email this required
  
  msmtp_alias_default : ops@example.com
- msmtp_alias_root: root email this is optional
  
  msmtp_alias_root : root@example.com
- msmtp_alias_cron: cron email this optional
  
  msmtp_alias_cron : cron@example.com

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
Run ansible-playbook with -e
Edit the default/main.yml (not recommended)

Run

By default mstmp will work as 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

Documentation

msmtp manual

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