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# msmtp
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send mail from your container
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this image is intended to be used in a CI piple
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## Environment variables
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| Variable Name | Requered | Description | Example
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|--------------------|-----|------------------|--------
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|`SMTP_HOST` | Yes | The smtp url of your email server | `smtp.gmail.com`
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|`SMTP_PORT` | no | The smtp port usually `25`, `465` or `587` *this is the default* | `587`
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|`SMTP_FROM` | Yes | Your email address | `my_email@gmail.com`
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|`SMTP_USER` | Yes | Your username for the server<br>usually the same as your email addres or the part before the @ | `my_email`
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|`SMTP_PASSWORD` | Yes | its where the password go's<br>*the password gets stored in plaintext on the container* | `Hunter22`
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|`EMAIL` | No | The "raw" email | Example [here](###-the-second-way)
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|`TO_ADDRESSES` | Yes | The adress or addresses to send to<br> to send to multiple addresses add `, ` (comma and space) betean each address | `alice@outlook.com, bob@gamil.com`
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|`SUBJECT` | No | The email subject | `text`
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|`MESSAGE` | No | The body off the email | `lots of text`
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|`SMTP_AUTH` | No | enable/disable authentication<br>Valid values are `off` or `on` *this is the default* | `on`
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|`SMTP_TLS` | No | enable/disable TLS encryption<br>Valid values are `off` or `on` *this is the default* | `on`
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### Environment variables files
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it is also posable subsitute the variables [above](##-Environment-variables) with a file
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to use this simpy take what you normaly use for the variable and put it in a file
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and make the contents of the `_FILE` variable the path to that file
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using this way other proccesses could provide the email content
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all of these are optinal but when uses the overwrite the counterpart variable
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| Variable Name | Description |
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|--------------------|-------------|
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|`MSMTP_CONFIG_FILE` | This is the config file msmtp uses<br>this replaces the need for most other Environment variables<br>When you use this only `EMAIL` or `TO_ADDRESSES`, `SUBJECT`, `MESSAGE` are requered<br>to see what the file sould contain have a look at the [Documentation](https://marlam.de/msmtp/msmtp.html#Configuration-files) or a [Example](https://marlam.de/msmtp/msmtprc.txt)
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|`SMTP_HOST_FILE` |
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|`SMTP_PORT_FILE` |
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|`SMTP_FROM_FILE` |
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|`SMTP_USER_FILE` |
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|`SMTP_PASSWORD_FILE`|
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|`EMAIL_FILE` |
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## Writing the email
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There a 2 ways to write the actual email
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### the first way
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provide the `TO_ADDRESSES` and `SUBJECT` and `MESSAGE` environment variables
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this is a very basic and simple way to write the email
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### the second way
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provide the `EMAIL` environment variable
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this is a more advanced way to write the email
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using the `EMAIL` overwrites the `TO_ADDRESSES` and `SUBJECT` and `MESSAGE` environment variables
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a basic `EMAIL` is formated like below
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```
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To: recipient@gmail.com
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Subject: The subject (followd by a empty line)
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This is the first like of the body
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```
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## Defaults for popular mail servers
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if its not on the list figger it out yourself *and make a pull request*
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tip: search for your servers imap clent settings usually it also lists smtp settings
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| Name | `SMTP_HOST` | `SMTP_PORT` |
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|---------|-------------------------|-------------|
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| Gmail | `smtp.gmail.com` | `587` |
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| Outlook | `smtp-mail.outlook.com` | `587` |
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| Yahoo | `smtp.mail.yahoo.com` | `587` |
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