Ansible Role: ssmtp

An Ansible role that installs and configures ssmtp on Fedora.

Requirements

None

Role Variables

Available variables are listed below, along with default values:

ssmtp_recipient: postmaster
ssmtp_allow_from_override: yes
ssmtp_mailhub: mail
ssmtp_use_tls: yes
ssmtp_auth_username: ~
ssmtp_auth_password: ~

Recipient

All mails for user ids < 1000 will be rewritten to the address defined in the variable ssmtp_recipient. If it's set to an empty string it will be disabled.

Override From line

The variable ssmtp_allow_from_override can be used to enable or disable the override of the From line. If disabled, the From line is fixed to the username and hostname and can't be set by the software sending the mail. To enable custom From lines the variable ssmtp_allow_from_override needs to be set to yes.

Relay server

For sending mails you have to define a relay mail server in the variable ssmtp_mailhub. If that server doesn't support TLS you can set ssmtp_use_tls to no.

Most mail servers require authentication for sending mails. The credentials for this can be set in ssmtp_auth_username and ssmtp_auth_password.

Dependencies

None

Example Playbook

- hosts: all
  roles:
    - { role: mjanser.ssmtp }

License

MIT