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First, you will need to make sure <tt>mailx</tt> has access to a valid Google certificate in an NSS certificates database. Firefox usually has it in its profile directory, but it is a good idea to initialize a private certificate database for <tt>mailx</tt>. This page explains how to do that:
First, you will need to make sure <tt>mailx</tt> has access to a valid Google certificate in an NSS certificates database. Firefox usually has it in its profile directory, but it is a good idea to initialize a private certificate database for <tt>mailx</tt>. This page explains how to do that:


Deplete:
* http://www.systutorials.com/1411/sending-email-from-mailx-command-in-linux-using-gmails-smtp/
* http://www.systutorials.com/1411/sending-email-from-mailx-command-in-linux-using-gmails-smtp/
* http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16799407/mailx-and-gmail-nss-config-dir
* http://serverfault.com/questions/498588/smtp-gmail-com-from-bash-gives-error-in-certificate-peers-certificate-issuer
* http://www.systutorials.com/1411/sending-email-from-mailx-command-in-linux-using-gmails-smtp/
Last:
SSL/TLS handshake failed: Unknown error -5938.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16799407/mailx-and-gmail-nss-config-dir
continue to https://kb.novaordis.com/index.php/mail#Configuration
Clarify mail on now510: be able to send mail and test how does cron reacts to it (success or failure). Document -> [http://www.systutorials.com/1411/sending-email-from-mailx-command-in-linux-using-gmails-smtp/], understand the nss business.
Document NSS
• http://serverfault.com/questions/498588/smtp-gmail-com-from-bash-gives-error-in-certificate-peers-certificate-issuer
Try to use the /etc/pki/nssdb
IMPORTANT! My google password is in /etc/mail.rc
Tried:
echo "test" | mailx -v -A gmail -s "command line e-mail" ovidiu@feodorov.com

Revision as of 00:02, 1 February 2016

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Installation

yum install mailx

Configuration

Configuring mailx to Use a Google SMTP Server

First, you will need to make sure mailx has access to a valid Google certificate in an NSS certificates database. Firefox usually has it in its profile directory, but it is a good idea to initialize a private certificate database for mailx. This page explains how to do that:


Deplete:


Last:

SSL/TLS handshake failed: Unknown error -5938.


http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16799407/mailx-and-gmail-nss-config-dir


continue to https://kb.novaordis.com/index.php/mail#Configuration

Clarify mail on now510: be able to send mail and test how does cron reacts to it (success or failure). Document -> [1], understand the nss business.


Document NSS • http://serverfault.com/questions/498588/smtp-gmail-com-from-bash-gives-error-in-certificate-peers-certificate-issuer


Try to use the /etc/pki/nssdb


IMPORTANT! My google password is in /etc/mail.rc

Tried:

echo "test" | mailx -v -A gmail -s "command line e-mail" ovidiu@feodorov.com

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