On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 3:39 PM, Bryan Keadle (.net) <bkea...@keadle.net> wrote: > As referenced here, there was talk of providing a way for sending test > emails. It would be nice to have this ability to test/verify email setup > within BackupPC web GUI. > > However, how/where does BackupPC know what SMTP server to use for sending > email? Is there a configuration option somewhere to specify an SMTP server > to use? Logged in as the backuppc user, I am running: > > BackupPC_sendEmail -t |less > > > And it shows the email content, but not whether it was successful sending > it, or if it was sent at all. I haven't received the email, so there seems > to be some configuration I'm missing somewhere.
It should hand it to sendmail, which will deliver it however sendmail is configured. Normally sendmail will just follow DNS MX records. -- Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/