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itarill

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Registered: 2020-06-03

Posts: 60

[SOLVED] msmtp: /etc/msmtprc: input error

When I try to send mail with msmtp, following the arch wiki:

echo "hello there username." | msmtp -a default myvaildemailaddress@gmail.com

I get the following error:

msmtp: /etc/msmtprc: input error

Both ~/.msmtprc and /etc/msmtprc/.msmtprc contain the following (I know it is not safe, but let's get the basics down first):

# Set default values for all following accounts.
defaults
auth           on
tls            on
tls_trust_file /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
logfile        ~/.msmtp.log


Also tried the pass field empty per a necro'd 10y/o arch thread, same difference.

Thanks for the inputs.
# Gmail
account        gmail
host           smtp.gmail.com
port           587
from           myvaildemailaddress@gmail.com
user           myvaildemailaddress@gmail.com
password       my-plain-text-pass-by-gmail-app-pass

## A freemail service
#account        freemail
#host           smtp.freemail.example
#from           joe_smith@freemail.example

# Set a default account
account default : gmail

aliases               /etc/aliases

and /etc/aliases is filled according to arch wiki.

Last edited by itarill (2021-10-29 16:04:47)

itarill

Member

Registered: 2020-06-03

Posts: 60

Re: [SOLVED] msmtp: /etc/msmtprc: input error

Issue was that my msmtprc file was at /etc/msmtprc/.msmtprc. Should be /etc/msmtprc.