Zorg dat de packages voor exim4 geinstalleerd zijn
sudo apt update sudo apt install exim4 exim4-config
Create an App Password (results in 16 characters, skip the spaces, it is something like mwpdfcdbmfvzddmm).
Ground work done, next in line, configure Exim4. Execute
$ dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config
Choose “mail sent by smarthost; received via SMTP or fetchmail” (probably 2nd option)
- Set to “localhost” for “System mail name:”.
- Set to “127.0.0.1” for “IP-addresses to listen on for incoming SMTP connections” to refuse external connections.
- Leave as empty for “Other destinations for which mail is accepted:”.
- Leave as empty for “Machines to relay mail for:”.
- Set to “smtp.gmail.com::587” for “IP address or host name of the outgoing smarthost:”.
- Choose “NO” for “Hide local mail name in outgoing mail?”.
- Choose “NO” for “Keep number of DNS-queries minimal (Dial-on-Demand)?”.
- Choose “mbox in /var/mail/” for “Delivery method for local mail”.
- Choose “YES” for “Split configuration into small files?”.
- Leave empty for root en postmaster mail
Now take your favorite editor and open /etc/exim4/passwd.client and add at the bottom the file a line in the format smtphost:username:password which represents your environment.
Example: smtp.gmail.com:arjan.ten.hoopen@gmail.com:<generated-app-passwd>)
Now edit the file /etc/email-adresses, add the two following lines:
root:arjan.ten.hoopen@gmail.com
pi:arjan.ten.hoopen@gmail.com
Everything ready to rock and roll, type
$ update-exim4.conf
Then restart exim via
$ systemctl restart exim4
Test if it all executes as expected with the command:
$ send_test_email <your-normal-emailaddress>
If it does not, you have to dig into it. The exim4 configuration is in /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf, the logfile of exim4 is in /var/log/exim4/mainlog. Don’t forget to consult your friend El Goog.