Re: Setup for sending mail via Mutt

On Tue, 1 Apr 2025, Samuel Abraham wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM Richard Akintola
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > The following assumes that you have installed Esmtp or Exim4 (default on Debian)
> > and you have generated password using App Password (for Gmail)
> >
> > Configure Esmtp
> > 1. Added the following to ~/.esmtp file
> > identity "[email protected]"
> > hostname smtp.gmail.com:587
> > username "[email protected]"
> > password "passwordGeneratedByAppPassword"
> > starttls required
> >
> > 2. Make sendmail point to esmtp using the command
> > sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/sbin/sendmail sendmail /usr/bin/esmtp 50
> >
> > 3. Test if esmtp can send mails
> > echo "Testing email via esmtp" | /usr/sbin/sendmail -v [email protected]
> >
> > 4. Add the following to ~/.muttrc file
> > set sendmail="/usr/bin/esmtp"
> > set envelope_from=yes
> > set from="My Name <[email protected]>"
> > set use_from=yes
> > set edit_headers=yes
> >
> > 5. Setup Done
>
> Hello Richard
>
> I have an observation.
> The initial challenge the person faced was that he could not send
> patches with mutt via Gmail.
> But there is a link in the <Set up email>  section of the firstPatch
> documentations that shows how to send
> patches using mutt via Gmail using IMAP.
> <approved email client>
>  https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/email-clients.html
> The MUTT(TUI) section shows the complete configuration that allows
> mutt to be used to send mails
> using Gmail as a MTA and SMTP server, via IMAP, without the need for
> esmpt. This is what I used to set up and it allows
>  me to see the mails I sent via MUTT in the Sent Box of my Gmail account.
> I think the update that should be done in the documentation is to
> remove first paragraph
> of the <Gmail setUp> section that talks about enabling IMAP and
> Forwarding POP/IMAP
> since according to the settings page on Gmail, IMAP and Forwarding
> POP/IMAP are enabled
>  automatically starting. January 2025, so no need to enable anything.
>
> I think the above link should be inputted in the second paragraph of
> the <Gmail setup>
> after the two-factor authentication and the App password have been
> generated since the Mutt
> configuration needs them and so that no one can easily miss the link
> since the link is hidden in the
> <approved email client> text.
>
> You can wait to hear more from Julia.

Not me.  You all are the experts :)

Please conclude and then I will update the web page.

Thanks for your help!

julia


>
> Adekunle.
> >
> >
> > Configure Exim4 (default mail transfer agent - MTA on Debian)
> > 1. Make sendmail point to exim4 using the command
> > sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/sbin/sendmail sendmail /usr/sbin/exim4 100
> >
> > 2. Run the command below to add gmail and password to exim4 in the format below
> > sudo vi /etc/exim4/passwd.client
> >
> > smtp.gmail.com:[email protected]:passwordGeneratedByAppPassword
> >
> > 3. Add the following configuration to update-exim4.conf.conf via sudo
> >  e.g sudo vi /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf
> >
> > dc_eximconfig_configtype='smarthost'
> > dc_other_hostnames=''
> > dc_local_interfaces='127.0.0.1; ::1'
> > dc_readhost=''
> > dc_relay_domains=''
> > dc_minimaldns='false'
> > dc_relay_nets=''
> > dc_smarthost='smtp.gmail.com::587'
> > CFILEMODE='644'
> > dc_use_split_config='false'
> > dc_hide_mailname='true'
> > dc_mailname_in_oh='true'
> > dc_localdelivery='mail_spool'
> >
> > 3. Test if Exim4 can send mails
> > echo "Testing email via Exim4" | /usr/sbin/sendmail -v [email protected]
> >
> > 4. Add the following to ~/.muttrc
> > set sendmail="/usr/sbin/exim4"
> > set use_from=yes
> > set realname="Your Name"
> > set from="[email protected]"
> > set envelope_from=yes
> >
> > 5. Setup Done.
> >
>