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+---
+title: msmtp on debian
+description: Enable email sending on debian servers
+date: 2022-03-03
+---
+
+Email offers a simple and reliable method for machine-user communication. [msmtp](https://marlam.de/msmtp/) is a handy current tool for setting up email-sending capabilities on a linux host.
+
+
+## install
+
+- `apt install msmtp msmtp-mta`
+
+## configure
+
+- edit `/etc/msmtprc`
+  - full example https://marlam.de/msmtp/msmtprc.txt
+  - minimal config:
+```
+defaults
+port 587
+tls on
+
+account exampleaccount
+
+host mail.examplehost.tld
+
+from tech@examplehost.tld
+
+auth on
+
+user tech@examplehost.tld
+password SECRET
+
+
+account default: exampleaccount
+```
+
+## more details
+- https://wiki.debian.org/msmtp
+- https://marlam.de/msmtp/