sendEmail Server

[Pi3141]

Hi, i have a problem with sendEmail, i would like to use my pc as a stmp server (in localhost), could someone help me?

command:
sendemail -f mail@acaso.com -t  miaemail@mail.com -u ciao -m hey

Error:
apr 26 10:37:26 asus sendemail[5494]: ERROR => Connection attempt to localhost:25 failed: IO::Socket::INET6: connect: Connection refused

[drego85]

It's very simple, you do not have a SMTP server installed on your BackBox.

You have two alternatives:
1. Install and Configure PostFix (How TO: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-configure-postfix-on-ubuntu-16-04)
2. Use an external SMTP server (es. sendemail -f fromuser@gmail.com -t touser@domain.com -u subject -m "message" -s smtp.gmail.com:587 -o tls=yes -xu gmailaccount@gmail.com -xp gmailpassword)

[ostendali]

in order to send emails from your pc you do not necessarily need an smtp server.

either follow what drego85 suggested or simply install postfix "apt install posfix mailx && systemctl enable/start postfix" and simply send email i.e:

echo "Email test" | mail -s "This email sent : $( date '+%d/%m/%Y' ) from $( hostname )" youremail@example.com

or look at mail command man page