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+====== Emails ======
+This article describes how to configure the Eden cluster servers to send email notifications.
+. Remove all unnecessary interfering packages:
+  apt purge postfix* exim* mailutils* sendmail*
+  apt autoremove
+. Install the MTA (Mail Transport Agent) program called ''msmtp'':
+  apt install msmtp
+. Add the configuration file ''/etc/msmtprc'' and include the following content:
+  defaults
+  auth off
+  tls off
+  account default
+  host poczta.mini.pw.edu.pl
+  port 25
+  from <HOST-NAME>@mini.pw.edu.pl
+  logfile /var/log/msmtp
+<WRAP center round important 60%>
+Update the sending server's hostname!
+</WRAP>
+. Link the ''msmtp'' program to the sendmail ''command'':
+  ln -s /usr/bin/msmtp /usr/sbin/sendmail
+. Create the ''/var/log/msmtp'' file and set the permissions:
+  touch /var/log/msmtp
+  chown msmtp:root msmtp
+  chmod 660 msmtp
+. Create a ''logrotate'' entry for the log file and save it to: ''/etc/logrotate.d/msmtp''
+  /var/log/msmtp {
+      daily
+      rotate 7
+      compress
+      delaycompress
+      missingok
+      notifempty
+      create 660 msmtp root
+  }