Dude with gmail notification and exim4 - HOW TO

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How to configure email notification from dude use gmail.

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Requirements: Linux machine (like Debian) with Exim4 + dude server + gmail account

First you must configure your exim4 to be smarthost
http://wiki.debian.org/GmailAndExim4

dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config
  • Choose “mail sent by smarthost; received via SMTP or fetchmail”
  • Set to “localhost” for “System mail name:”.
  • Set to “127.0.0.1” for “IP-addresses to listen on for incoming SMTP connections” to disable external connection.
  • Leave as empty for “Other destinations for which mail is accepted:”.
  • Leave as empty for “Machines to relay mail for:”.
  • Set to “smtp.gmail.com::587” for “IP address or host name of the outgoing smarthost:”.
  • Choose “NO” for “Hide local mail name in outgoing mail?”.
  • Choose “NO” for “Keep number of DNS-queries minimal (Dial-on-Demand)?”.
  • Leave as empty for “”.
  • Choose “mbox format in /var/mail/” for “Delivery method for local mail”.
  • Choose “YES” for “Split configuration into small files?”.
debian:/# mcedit /etc/exim4/passwd.client

Add line

gmail-smtp.l.google.com:MAIL_NAME@gmail.com:PASSWORD
*.google.com:MAIL_NAME@gmail.com:PASSWORD
smtp.gmail.com:MAIL_NAME@gmail.com:PASSWORD




debian:/# chown root:Debian-exim /etc/exim4/passwd.client
debian:/# chmod 640 /etc/exim4/passwd.client




debian:/# mcedit update-exim4.conf.conf




dc_eximconfig_configtype='smarthost'
dc_other_hostnames=''
dc_local_interfaces='127.0.0.1:192.168.88.1'
dc_readhost=''
dc_relay_domains=''
dc_minimaldns='false'
dc_relay_nets='localhost:192.168.88.10'
dc_smarthost='smtp.gmail.com::587'
CFILEMODE='644'
dc_use_split_config='false'
dc_hide_mailname='false'
dc_mailname_in_oh='true'
dc_localdelivery='mail_spool'

This linie is important:
dc_local_interfaces=‘127.0.0.1:192.168.88.1’
dc_relay_nets=‘localhost:192.168.88.10’

debian:/# mcedit /etc/hosts

Add line

192.168.88.10   dude.domain.com




debian:/# invoke-rc.d exim4 restart

Now on DUDE
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Notification
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Now test your configuration by click test button in notification window

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For test your exim4

telnet localhost 25
Trying 127.0.0.1…
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is ‘^]’.
220 your_host ESMTP Exim 4.69 Thu, 1 mar 2012 12:00:00 +0200
helo localhost
250 your_host Hello localhost [127.0.0.1]
mail from: login_local@localhost
250 OK
rcpt to:mail_name@gmail.com
250 Accepted
data
354 Enter message, ending with „.” on a line by itself
This is a test.
.
250 OK id=1MU3y9-0001dp-Ew
quit
221 your_host closing connection
Connection closed by foreign host.

If you live in Poland and you have phone in PLUS GSM you can send email form dude (notification windows) to +48xxxxxxxxx@text.plusgsm.pl and you receive SMS to your phone.