Re: [gentoo-user] basic trouble with sendmail config

2016-12-04 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 04.12.2016 um 20:09 schrieb Harry Putnam: is there a good reason you chose sendmail over postfix? Do you hate yourself? You are a masochist? I found sendmail the worst piece of software I ever had to deal with. Windows XP user management in a mixed environment with shares is delightful,

Re: [gentoo-user] basic trouble with sendmail config

2016-12-04 Thread John Covici
On Sun, 04 Dec 2016 14:09:39 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: > > After setting up the files for sendmail on my first attempt at > sending a msg I get this error as reported in the smtp conversation: > >Temporary system failure > > That is a new one to me, and doesn't give much to start on. > >

Re: [gentoo-user] basic trouble with sendmail config

2016-12-04 Thread J. Roeleveld
On December 4, 2016 8:09:39 PM GMT+01:00, Harry Putnam wrote: >After setting up the files for sendmail on my first attempt at >sending a msg I get this error as reported in the smtp conversation: > > Temporary system failure > >That is a new one to me, and doesn't give much

[gentoo-user] basic trouble with sendmail config

2016-12-04 Thread Harry Putnam
After setting up the files for sendmail on my first attempt at sending a msg I get this error as reported in the smtp conversation: Temporary system failure That is a new one to me, and doesn't give much to start on. It appears not to even get past the submit agent. (Running a little script