Configure Postfix to use Gmail
Install necessary packages first
Configure Postfix using
Navigate to Postfix Directory
Open Postfix config file using following command
Add following lines to it
Now we need to create a file called sasl_passwd
Add the following line to the same
Configure permissions for sasl_passwd
Validate Certificates
Reload Postfix
Test Mail from Terminal
Copy of my php.ini mail section
Install necessary packages first
sudo apt-get install postfix mailutils libsasl2-2 ca-certificates libsasl2-modules
Configure Postfix using
sudo dpkg-reconfigure postfix
Navigate to Postfix Directory
cd /etc/postfix
Open Postfix config file using following command
sudo gedit main.cf
Add following lines to it
relayhost = [smtp.gmail.com]:587
smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes
smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd
smtp_sasl_security_options = noanonymous
smtp_tls_CAfile = /etc/postfix/cacert.pem
smtp_use_tls = yes
Now we need to create a file called sasl_passwd
sudo vi /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd
Add the following line to the same
[smtp.gmail.com]:587 USERNAME@gmail.com:PASSWORD
Configure permissions for sasl_passwd
sudo chmod 400 /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd
sudo postmap /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd
Validate Certificates
cat /etc/ssl/certs/Thawte_Premium_Server_CA.pem | sudo tee -a /etc/postfix/cacert.pem
Reload Postfix
sudo /etc/init.d/postfix reload
Test Mail from Terminal
echo "Test mail from postfix" | mail -s "Test Postfix" you@example.com
Copy of my php.ini mail section
SMTP = ssl://smtp.gmail.com
smtp_port = 587
auth_username = usrname
auth_password = pwd
sendmail_from = from_mail
