Month: September 2021

Configure SMTP with Gmail Using Postfix

1. Install Postfix on your server:
   • On Debian/Ubuntu systems, you can use the following command: sudo apt-get install postfix
   • On CentOS/Red Hat systems, you can use the following command: sudo yum install postfix
2. Once Postfix is installed, open the main configuration file using your favorite text editor: sudo nano /etc/postfix/main.cf
3. Find the following lines in the configuration file and modify them as follows:
   • relayhost = [smtp.gmail.com]:587
   • smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes
   • smtp_sasl_security_options = noanonymous
   • smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd
4. Next, create a new file called sasl_passwd in the /etc/postfix directory: sudo nano /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd
5. Add the following line to the sasl_passwd file, replacing [email protected] and password with your Gmail address and password: [smtp.gmail.com]:587 [email protected]:password
6. Save and close the sasl_passwd file, then run the following command to create a hashed version of the file: sudo postmap /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd
7. Finally, restart the Postfix service to apply the changes: sudo service postfix restart

You should now be able to use Gmail’s SMTP server to send emails through Postfix.