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Package: ssmtp
Version: 2.64-4
When I try to install ssmtp with aptitude on a fresh Debian Squeeze install, it
gave errors:
root@sq3:~# aptitude install ssmtp
The following NEW packages will be installed:
ssmtp
0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 52.7kB of archives. After unpacking 8,192B will be used.
Get:1http://cdn.debian.net/debian/ squeeze/main ssmtp i386 2.64-4 [52.7kB]
Fetched 52.7kB in 0s (157kB/s)
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package ssmtp.
(Reading database ... 18487 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking ssmtp (from .../archives/ssmtp_2.64-4_i386.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up ssmtp (2.64-4) ...
hostname: Name or service not known
dpkg: error processing ssmtp (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
configured to not write apport reports
Errors were encountered while processing:
ssmtp
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Setting up ssmtp (2.64-4) ...
hostname: Name or service not known
dpkg: error processing ssmtp (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
ssmtp
Also the configuration file ssmtp.conf is not created in /etc/ssmtp/. When I
manually create it, it still cannot send e-mail by using another SMTP server.
Roy
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squeeze is out of support.
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