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With this [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Message_submission_agent Message Submission Agent] (MSA) service, OSGeo provides the ability to send emails with the <code>@osgeo.org</code> domain for community members. Note that this is '''not''' a full email service with an inbox to manage and store messages. | With this [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Message_submission_agent Message Submission Agent] (MSA) service, OSGeo provides the ability to send emails with the <code>@osgeo.org</code> domain for community members. Note that this is '''not''' a full email service with an inbox to manage and store messages. | ||
Revision as of 23:56, 14 September 2025
Message Submission Agent
With this Message Submission Agent (MSA) service, OSGeo provides the ability to send emails with the @osgeo.org domain for community members. Note that this is not a full email service with an inbox to manage and store messages.
Prerequisites
- Get an OSGeo ID.
- Open a ticket in the OSGeo Trac for an admin to grant this service to your user. Remember to assign to the
SysAdmincomponent for faster routing.- An admin should create an alias for you in osgeo6
- An admin should add you to the shell management LDAP group
- You probably also want to receive messages so please, communicate a stable, working, email to set up a forward.
MUA set up
Configure your e-mail client (Mail User Agent) with new SMTP outgoing server with the following settings (using Thunderbird terminology):
- Server Name:
lists.osgeo.org - Port:
465 - User Name:
Your OSGeo ID - Authentication method:
Normal password - Connection security:
SSL/TLS