24CHAPTER 2: INSTALLATION SCRIPTS
once users have added their
Configuration for sSMTP
(1) mailhub
This is the computer responsible for handling your outgoing mail. It could be the SMTP server of your ISP, or a departmental mailhub. Use the
foo.bar.baz:2525
Otherwise sSMTP will use the standard SMTP port number (25).
(Note that sSMTP can support a
Please enter your mailhub []: mail.yourcompany.com
Enter the fully qualified domain name of the computer handling outgoing mail.
(2) FromLineOverride
This specifies how sSMTP handles the From: line of outgoing mail. If
FromLineOverride=YES, sSMTP will leave the From: line alone if it already exists.
If FromLineOverride has any other value, or there is no From: line, sSMTP creates
the From: line using your username (or the
(Exception: the 'reverse aliases' feature can be used to set up a particular From: address for each user, in which case don't use FromLineOverride=YES. See the man page.)
FromLineOverride? [YES]:
Specify how sSMTP handles the From: line of outgoing mail.
(3) hostname
sSMTP uses the hostname of your computer to identify itself to the mailhub, and in the Received: headers of the outgoing mail. This has relatively little effect on how the mail is handled. Use the
Hostname of your box [conf01.yourcompany.com]:
Enter the host name of your computer handling outgoing mail.
(4) rewriteDomain
Please enter the mail name of your system.
sSMTP uses this value to add a domain to unqualified