SSMTP is a simple MTA(Message Transfer Agent) to send off mail from a Linux system to a mailhub. For a mailhub will use a Gmail account. SSMTP can send emails by itself or you can install mutt (it’s another simple MTA). Always it’s a good idea to configure your server to notify you with some […]
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Linux Server Monitoring – Schedule a Command Output to be Sent via Email on Boot
Scheduling a command on boot it’s easy and it can be done with different ways. One, with cronjobs and second, with the rc.local file (/etc/rc.local). Third, by putting your own script in /etc/init.d/. Fow now I’ll take the easy way to do it, the one with the rc.local. Requirements: sSMTP Mutt email client Implementation Open […]
Send email from Linux Terminal – How to install and use mutt terminal email client
Mutt is a sophisticated email client for linux terminal. It supports MIME, GPG, PGP and threading. In this tutorial I wont expand to report full use of the software because the whole point is to show you how to setup a basic but promising email notification system for your servers, so you can customize it […]
