Sendmail question

webservices

Hello
I am following the tutorial to setup Sendmail with Sendgrid api at here https://docs.wordops.net/how-to/setup-sendmail-with-sendgrid/
Where should I put the Sendgrid api key?

in the step
Create /etc/mail/authinfo/smtp-auth and add the following content:
AuthInfo: "U:root" "I:apikey" "P:API_KEY"

Should I replace apikey and API_KEY text above with a real Api key i've created ?

Please explain. thanks

nsgoyat

webservices I think setting up Sendgrid with WP SMTP Plugin will be a better choice. You won't need Sendmail on your server then. Also, you can block port 25 on the server if you're using External SMTP on your sites.

webservices

nsgoyat
Thank you for reply.
Yes, I always use Sendgrid API with Post SMTP Mailer (aka Postman) plugin and working very, or Mailpoet premium

But I thought setup Sendmail tutorial from WordOps docs is for the server/system?
When logged in to the server I see the text "You have new mail" But I didn't receive anything so I think need setup an external SMTP for it?

webservices

tried
AuthInfo: "U:sendgridusername" "I:apikey" "P:SG.p6LWL_clTgCMRY2RKPs07Q.bUf3pzrd9cFS2ODh_I6AZcfPUFqDFl3GV8XusvV"

But does not work

@VirtuBox please help, sorry for tag you twice today

marty

webservices "U:sendgridusername"

Not tried it, but the guide above says "U:root" ?

webservices

marty
try both and does not work

lvijudsky

Please tell us how to correctly fill in this line: AuthInfo: "U: root" "I: apikey" "P: API_KEY" mentioned in the tutorial: https://docs.wordops.net/how-to/setup-sendmail-with-sendgrid/

This must be the question of many.

friend @nsgoyat indicated to do it for the WP plugin, but I need it on the server for other applications.

Congratulations to the team, your community is amazing

yazzou

Hello
I have also tried what is in the doc without any success too.
I would like to make the settings at the server level and not only at wordpress site level.
Would be greateful if you could give us more details on how to do that
Thanks

Dragnets

It unclear how to interpret this:

AuthInfo: "U:root" "I:apikey" "P:API_KEY"

I presume I need to fill in SendGrind api somewhere in there. I tried:

AuthInfo: "U:root" "I:apikey" "P:my-api-here"
AuthInfo: "U:root" "I:my-api-here" "P:my-api-here"
AuthInfo: "U:root" "I:my-api-here" "P:API_KEY"

and ubuntu 18 returns me the following error.

AuthInfo:: command not found

Any suggestion on how to fill in the code properly?

tyrro

Dragnets

AuthInfo: "U:root" "I:apikey" "P:API_KEY" is a line you add to this file mentioned in the tutorial:
/etc/mail/authinfo/smtp-auth
It's not a command.

tyrro

And according to Sendgrid github:
You should use API key as your username
AuthInfo:smtp.sendgrid.net "U:apikey" "P:yourAPIKey" "M:PLAIN"

There's no U:root and no I:apikey - perhaps this is WO requirement, we need to wait for @virtualbox to chime in and explain this if this is required.

wcatz

still broken..

kauaicreative

True, following this tutorial fails, https://docs.wordops.net/how-to/setup-sendmail-with-sendgrid/#2-create-auth-file
Also, it is very different from the sendgrid docs here (which also are not working for me), https://sendgrid.com/docs/for-developers/sending-email/sendmail/