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ssmtp package

ssmtp:cant open mail :25.

Asked by Anshiki Saxena

I have installed source package ssmtp_2.64.orig.tar.bz2 and according to the instructions I have installed this. Now when i run the following command sudo ssmtp -v email address, then after entering data it shows the error ssmtp:cant open mail:25:
I have tried almost all possible solutions given on net. but none of them is working. Pease if anybody could help me out.

here is my ssmtp.conf

#
# /etc/ssmtp.conf -- a config file for sSMTP sendmail.
#
# The person who gets all mail for userids < 1000
# Make this empty to disable rewriting.
#root=postmaster
<email address hidden>
# The place where the mail goes. The actual machine name is required
# no MX records are consulted. Commonly mailhosts are named mail.domain.com
# The example will fit if you are in domain.com and you mailhub is so named.
mailhub=smtp.gmail.com:587
# Where will the mail seem to come from?
rewriteDomain=gmail.com
<email address hidden>
AuthPass=9456045410
UseTLS=YES
UseSTARTTLS=YES

# The full hostname
hostname=anshiki-HP-2000-Notebook-PC

# Are users allowed to set their own From: address?
# YES - Allow the user to specify their own From: address
# NO - Use the system generated From: address
FromLineOverride=YES

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

I hope you didn't just put your real email password in your original post

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#2

Why did you install from the source? If you have an Ubuntu system, you should install the pre-compiled package with the package management tools (e.g. apt-get or ubuntu-software).

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Anshiki Saxena (anshiki) said : 		#3

Actually i have to use it as a library in some C programming code to send
mail through ssmtp. So for that i need .o .c n .h files.

On 30 May 2017 1:19 p.m., "Manfred Hampl" <
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> Manfred Hampl proposed the following answer:
> Why did you install from the source? If you have an Ubuntu system, you
> should install the pre-compiled package with the package management
> tools (e.g. apt-get or ubuntu-software).
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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#4

It seems that the ssmpt.conf file is not used.
What are the file protection settings for ssmtp.conf?
Can you try enabling debugging?

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