-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 02/28/07 22:49, Guillermo Garron wrote: > On 3/1/07, Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Thu, 2007-03-01 at 00:36 -0400, Guillermo Garron wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I have a Debian Etch as my desktop PC, and i want to configure it so >> > the system messages could be sent to my personal email, not to the >> > root mailbox on that system, it has exim any ideas? >> > >> > or I better install postfix? >> > >> > best regards, >> >> /etc/aliases >> >> make the root alias like this: >> >> root: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> That should do it. > Thanks, > > i have think about that, but my PC does not have a reverse lookup > name, so I think the email will be returned, I think i need to > configure exim, postfix, or sendmail to send email via an account > using a login and password, to use an authenticated smtp server. > > am I right?
Exim4 should be able to do what you suggest. You need to configure it to be a relay host. This will (not surprisingly) relay all non-local email to your ISP's smtp server, which will then pass it along to gmail. > > regards, > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFF5l+BS9HxQb37XmcRAotkAKCfGkZPipO+sGwsPhTIGLmYow29EQCgkK7m r4I1hnxrJhJko0oMivq/+co= =UcQG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
