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Setup SENDMAIL on Mac OSX Yosemite
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SENDMAIL on MAC OSX Yosemite

http://www.garron.me/en/mac/postfix-relay-gmail-mac-os-x-local-smtp.html

  1. Create a file to store our credentials:
sudo vim /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd
  1. Add something like this:
smtp.gmail.com:587 username@gmail.com:password
  1. Now run:
sudo postmap /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd
  1. Prepare the postfix main config file:
sudo vim /etc/postfix/main.cf
  1. Add/update these lines
    relayhost=smtp.gmail.com:587
    smtp_sasl_auth_enable=yes
    smtp_sasl_password_maps=hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd
    smtp_use_tls=yes
    smtp_tls_security_level=encrypt
    tls_random_source=dev:/dev/urandom
    smtp_sasl_security_options = noanonymous
    smtp_always_send_ehlo = yes
    smtp_sasl_mechanism_filter = plain
  1. Stop/Start the service
sudo postfix stop && sudo postfix start
  1. Check the queue for any errors
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