Fix Sending emails from Webmin

If Webmin is unable to send emails, for example, from automated backups, then following fix may work for you. Before this ensure you have some kind of mail configured on your system. If not, here’s a guide to configure ssmtp Basically, you need to go to Webmin Configuration and check “Sending Email” configuration. For me, it was a matter of setting “From” address. Quite simple, but took me hours to figure out..

Send emails from Ubuntu using your live.com address

This is a neat configuration to enable SMTP mail using Microsoft’s Live.com email. After successful configuration you’ll be able to send outgoing mails from your Ubuntu box using your live.com account. (Other email services will work too. I haven’t tested though). Will you ever manually send emails from Ubuntu? Perhaps not but this configuration is extremely useful in sending out system notifications to your email address. It’s also useful to send messages from websites hosted on the …

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