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Mail configuration
Mail Configuration
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ownCloud does not contain a full email program but contains some parameters to
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Parameters
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* SMTP (Simple Mail Tranfer Protocol)
* **SMTP (Simple Mail Tranfer Protocol)**
If you want to send email using a local or remote SMTP server it is necessary
to enter the name or ip address of the server, optionally followed by a collon
to enter the name or ip address of the server, optionally followed by a colon
separated port number, e.g. ``:425``. If this value is not given the default
port 25/tcp will be used unless you will change that by modifying the
``mail_smtpport`` parameter. Multiple server can be entered separated by
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If the SMTP server only accepts secure connections you can choose between the
following two variants:
:ssl -
A secure connection will be initiated using the outdated SMTPS protocol
which uses the port 465/tcp.
ssl: A secure connection will be initiated using the outdated SMTPS protocol
which uses the port 465/tcp.
"mail_smtphost" => "smtp.server.dom:465",
"mail_smtpsecure" => 'ssl',
:tls -
A secure connection will be initiated using the STARTTLS protocol which
uses the default port 25/tcp.
tls - A secure connection will be initiated using the STARTTLS protocol which
uses the default port 25/tcp.
"mail_smtphost" => "smtp.server.dom",
"mail_smtpsecure" => 'tls',
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"mail_smtpname" => "username",
"mail_smtppassword" => "password",
* PHP mail
* **PHP mail**
If you want to use PHP mail it is necessary to have an installed and working
email system on your server. Which program in detail is used to send email is
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"mail_smtpname" => "",
"mail_smtppassword" => "",
* Sendmail
* **Sendmail**
If you want to use the well known Sendmail program to send email, it is
necessary to have an installed and working email system on your *nix server.
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"mail_smtpname" => "",
"mail_smtppassword" => "",
* qmail (http://www.qmail.org/)
* **qmail (http://www.qmail.org/)**
If you want to use the qmail program to send email, it is necessary to have an
installed and working qmail email system on your server. The sendmail binary
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"mail_smtpname" => "",
"mail_smtppassword" => "",
Send a test email
Send a Test Email
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The only way to test your email configuration is, to force a login failure,