ssmtp: use the authPassFile option instead of authPass #24331
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This gives users the option of storing the smtp password outside the world-readable Nix store.
This is part of: #24288.
I tested this by configuring ssmtp to send mail via my mandrill account:
and then sending some mail.
I also tested it by setting
authPassFile
to a non-existing file or a file with too restrictive permissions. In those cases the correct error message is printed:Setting
authPassFile
to an empty file correctly produces the following error message: