SSMTP.CONF(5)						      BSD File Formats Manual						     SSMTP.CONF(5)

NAME

     ssmtp.conf -- ssmtp configuration file

DESCRIPTION

     ssmtp reads configuration data from /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf The file contains keyword-argument pairs, one per line.	Lines starting with '#'
     and empty lines are interpreted as comments.

     The possible keywords and their meanings are as follows (both are case-insensitive):

     Root    The user that gets all mail for userids less than 1000. If blank, address rewriting is disabled.

     Mailhub
	     The host to send mail to, in the form host port | IP_addr port [: port].  The default port is 25.

     RewriteDomain
	     The domain from which mail seems to come.	for user authentication.

     Hostname
	     The full qualified name of the host.  If not specified, the host is queried for its hostname.

     FromLineOverride
	     Specifies whether the From header of an email, if any, may override the default domain.  The default is ``no''.

     UseTLS  Specifies whether ssmtp uses TLS to talk to the SMTP server.  The default is ``no''.

     UseSTARTTLS
	     Specifies whether ssmtp does a EHLO/STARTTLS before starting SSL negotiation.  See RFC 2487.

     TLSCert
	     The file name of an RSA certificate to use for TLS, if required.

     AuthUser
	     The user name to use for SMTP AUTH.  The default is blank, in which case SMTP AUTH is not used.  sent without

     AuthPass
	     The password to use for SMTP AUTH.

     AuthMethod
	     The authorization method to use.  If unset, plain text is used.  May also be set to ``cram-md5''.

FILES

     /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf
	     Contains configuration data for ssmtp.

SEE ALSO

     ssmtp(8)

AUTHORS

     Matt Ryan (mryan@debian.org), Hugo Haas (hugo@debian.org), Christoph Lameter (clameter@debian.org) and Dave Collier-Brown (dav-
     ecb@hobbes.ss.org).  Reuben Thomas (rrt@sc3d.org) wrote the man page.

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								  October 7, 2004							       BSD