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How to allow monit to use gmail as a smtp relay to send out alert emails
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monit-and-gmail
# visit https://accounts.google.com/DisplayUnlockCaptcha and click to allow access
# edit /etc/monit/monitrc to include the following
set mailserver smtp.gmail.com port 587
username "whoever@gmail.com" password "whatever"
using tls
with timeout 30 seconds
# run the following to validate access
/etc/init.d/monit restart
monit validate
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