Mick schrieb:
On Tuesday 25 July 2006 19:42, Alexander Skwar wrote:
Grant schrieb:
>> > I thought this
>> > thread was saying using SMTP was optional.
>>
>> You misunderstood. This thread was about, *WHERE* SMTP is used.
>> IMO, it's wrong that portage even CAN use SMTP. But nearly always,
>> you'll need to use some SMTP server to get your mail out. But
>> with the /usr/sbin/sendmail interface, it's conceivable to send
>> out the mail WITHOUT the use of SMTP (eg. if the mail is sent from
>> the host with UUCP).
>
> Can I set my portage elog mail to be sent with UUCP?
Yes, by employing a sending program, which can do UUCP. /usr/sbin/sendmail
could be such a programm.
Is there some way of sending such messages to a local MUA without them leaving
the box?
How's the MUA accessing the mailbox? Is it /var/spool/mail/$username?
Anyway, the answer is: Yes. Use /usr/sbin/sendmail as the "mailserver"
in you MAILURI.
You cannot use SSMTP as your MTA (/usr/sbin/sendmail), though. You might
want to check out esmtp, as it can do local delivery by using an MDA like
procmail. With esmtp, such a scenario would be possible.
If I understand this correctly in all options discussed here the
messages will leave the box via SMTP/UUCP, reach the ISP servers, then the
relevant (e.g. mail.yahoo.com) mailserver and finally back to the local box
as incoming mail on the user MUA.
That's probably the flow which can be found most often, yes. But it's
not necessary to be that way.
Alexander Skwar
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