cesnet.msmtp

Ansible role cesnet.msmtp for configuring a simple MTA for forwarding emails to a mail relay

Installs msmtp Mail Transfer Agent on a Debian system.

Also installs bsd-mailx package providing /usr/bin/mail command and sets it as the used alternative, because mailutils implementation does not handle local names correctly when used together with msmtp.

Role Variables

• msmtp_listen_interface - IP address to listen on, default is 127.0.0.1. Use 0.0.0.0 for all, but then set firewall to disable incoming connections from outside. Only a single IPv4 or IPv6 address can be used.
• msmtp_aliases_default - email address to be used in /etc/aliases as default, default is root
• msmtp_config - content of /etc/msmtprc file specifying connection. See msmtp documentation for options.

Example Playbook

- hosts: all
  roles:
    - role: cesnet.msmtp
      vars:
        msmtp_listen_interface: 0.0.0.0
        msmtp_aliases_default: john@example.org
        msmtp_config: |
          host relay.muni.cz
          port 465
          tls on
          tls_starttls off
          auth on
          user john@IS.MUNI.CZ
          password s3cr3t