Hi I have discovered that this works: mail -s "hello" "example@example.com" <<EOF hello EOF Which makes me think that ssmtp is actually set up and working? Am I correct? My next question, is this the appropriate method of email set up to send drive and backup's status updates fro...

I just got this after 5mins: ssmtp: Timeout on stdin while reading body

Any thoughts?

Thank you

Also to add, when I run the ssmtp test and press ctrl-D i imagine it is supposed to take maximum of 10sec for it to send. When I do it nothing happens for ages. In fact nothing happens. Im just running a test now and literally nothing is happening.

Any advice would be fantastic!

Hi, So I have tried all 3 ports I think are available with Gmail. 465, 587 and 25. But no luck. I am anxious I may have done something fundamentally wrong, being so green with Ubuntu and only having online instructions to follow. Should the Root Email and AuthUser be the same email address? Is this ...

Hi - I have an HP Micro Server running Ubuntu 14.4. I have the OS installed on a 250GB SSD and 4 4TB Drives in software RAID10. I am trying to set it up so, should there be a problem with one of the internal drives or once i set up back ups, should they fail - for the machine to email me and let me ...