msmtp and mail aliases config for linux system alerts

$ cat /etc/msmtprc
# Set default values for all following accounts.
defaults
auth           on
tls            on
tls_trust_file /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
logfile        ~/.msmtp.log

account alerts
host smtp.gmail.com
port 587
from [email protected]
user [email protected]
password F@ncyt0wnL0L


# Set a default account
account default : alerts
aliases /etc/mail/aliases


mailer aliases for linux to use local system smtp email alerting

$ cat /etc/mail/aliases
# Basic system aliases -- these MUST be present.
MAILER-DAEMON:      postmaster
postmaster:         root

# Send root to admin
root: [email protected]

# General redirections for pseudo accounts.
adm:                root
bin:                root
daemon:             root
exim:               root
lp:                 root
mail:               root
named:              root
nobody:             root
postfix:            root

# Well-known aliases -- these should be filled in!
# root:
# operator:

# Standard RFC2142 aliases
abuse:              postmaster
ftp:                root
hostmaster:         root
news:               usenet
noc:                root
security:           root
usenet:             root
uucp:               root
webmaster:          root
www:                webmaster

# trap decode to catch security attacks
# decode:           /dev/null