Yesterday I decided that Exim is a “little bit” too feature rich for needs on my laptop. So I switched to sSMTP. I have configured it working with my TU Dresden ZIH email account.

Here is the /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf for my sSMTP version 2.64:

my_local_user_name=xxx.xxxxxxxx@mailbox.tu-dresden.de
mailhub=mail.zih.tu-dresden.de
hostname=localhost
FromLineOverride=NO
UseSTARTTLS=YES
AuthUser=s1234567
AuthPass=my_secure_pw


My /etc/ssmtp/revaliases:

my_local_user_name:xxx.xxxxxxxxx@mailbox.tu-dresden.de:mail.zih.tu-dresden.de


This configuration works fine for me, although there is a problem sending bigger emails. I think this is related to my slow and instable network connection. So there is still some work left…