On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 12:26 AM, Ryan Novosielski <novosirj AT umdnj DOT edu> 
wrote:
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> John Drescher wrote:
>>> I think smtp.gmail.com is used by gmail users for relaying email, so it
>>> requires authentication (your gmail password).  The bsmtp program is only
>>> useful to connect to a local mail relay that doesn't require password
>>> authentication.
>>>
>> I know for my bacula emails to gmail that I do not connect to
>> smtp.gmail.com. I use a postfix email server on a local machine.
>
> The rule of thumb is that you should be using the mail server that
> resides on your network, whatever mail server that is supposed to be
> (and assuming there is one). Mail servers generally allow mail from the
> local network and are strict, if they allow it at all, about mail from
> the outside.
>

The simplest solution I've found is to install the ssmtp package.
This use case is quite specific, and is just what ssmtp targets:
"extremely simple MTA to get mail off the system to a mail hub", and
this handles gmail :)

Two gmail enabling config files:

cat <<EOD>/etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf
root=$GMAIL_USER AT gmail DOT com
mailhub=smtp.gmail.com:587
rewriteDomain=
hostname=$GMAIL_USER AT gmail DOT com
UseSTARTTLS=YES
AuthUser=$GMAIL_USER
AuthPass=$GMAIL_PSWD
FromLineOverride=YES # optional
EOD

cat <<EOD>/etc/ssmtp/revaliases
root:$GMAIL_USER AT gmail DOT com:smtp.gmail.com:587
mv:$GMAIL_USER AT gmail DOT com:smtp.gmail.com:587
EOD

Hope this helps someone else?
Regards
Mark

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