mailrelay/README.md
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# mailrelay
`mailrelay` is a simple mail relay that can take unauthenticated SMTP emails (e.g. over port 25) and relay them to authenticated, TLS-enabled SMTP servers. Plus it's easy to configure.
## Use case
Some older appliances such as scanners, multi-function printers, RAID cards or NAS boxes with monitoring, can only send email without any authentication or encryption over port 25. `mailrelay` can send those emails to your Gmail, Fastmail or other provider.
Run `mailrelay` on a local PC and set your device (e.g. scanner) to send mail to that PC.
`mailrelay` is written in Go, and can be compiled for any Go supported platform including Linux, MacOS, Windows.
## Example (Linux)
On local PC (192.168.1.54) create file `/etc/mailrelay.json` with contents:
/etc/mailrelay.json
```json
{
"smtp_server": "smtp.fastmail.com",
"smtp_port": 465,
"smtp_username": "username@fastmail.com",
"smtp_password": "secretAppPassword",
"local_listen_ip": "0.0.0.0",
"local_listen_port": 2525
}
```
Run `mailrelay`,
```Bash
./mailrelay
```
Default location for configuration file is `/etc/mailrelay.json` but can be changed via `--config` flag. For example,
```bash
mailrelay --config=/home/myname/mailrelay.json
```
Configure your scanner or other device to send SMTP mail to server `192.168.1.54:2525`. Each email will be relayed to `smtp.fastmail.com` using the credentials above, including any file attachments.
## Example 2 (Linux - Systemd service)
Create configuration file as above, and also create,
/etc/systemd/system/mailrelay.service
```ini
[Unit]
Description=Mail Relay Service
After=network.target
StartLimitIntervalSec=0
[Service]
Type=simple
Restart=always
RestartSec=5
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/mailrelay
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
```
Copy `mailrelay` to `/usr/local/bin/`.
Run,
```Bash
sudo systemctl start mailrelay
sudo systemctl enable mailrelay
```
Now `mailrelay` runs as a service daemon and will automatically start after reboot.
## Feedback
Send any questions or comments to wiggin77@warpmail.net