piframe/docs/email_notifications.md

Email Notifications

The below commands will setup msmtp as an emailer for the system. This is helpful for getting system messages via email as well as cron emails.

This is optional but strongly recommended to setup.

Important Notes

• msmtp will work with Office365, Gmail and other providers

Setup

apt install msmtp msmtp-mta
touch /var/log/msmtp.log
chown root: /var/log/msmtp.log
chmod 600 /var/log/msmtp.log

cat > /etc/aliases <<EOF
# Example aliases file

# Send root to Joe and Jane
root: user@domain.tld

# Send cron to Mark
cron: user@domain.tld

# Send everything else to admin
default: user@domain.tld
EOF
cat > /etc/msmtprc <<EOF
# Accounts will inherit settings from this section
defaults
auth             on
tls              on
tls_trust_file   /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt

logfile        /var/log/msmtp.log

from           user@domain.tld
keepbcc        on

account        piframe
host           email.domain.tld
port           587
auth           on
user           user@domain.tld
password       apassword

# Set a default account
account default : piframe

aliases /etc/aliases
EOF