As was previously suggested ssmtp works fine, but only for cronjobs and the othere alerts, it will not however work to relay mail. Exim, while it is very robust, isn't exactly just a simple MTA. Postfix on the other hand is probably the closest you'll get to a simple MTA in the portage tree. It acts as an MTA and lets other apps do their jobs independently. So, it can act as a simple mail forwarder, or interact with many other applications for more robust functionality. It's several steps more advanced than ssmtp, and not quite as complex as Exim.
There is also esmtp, which has sendmail compatible syntax as well, and is intended only as a mail forwarder. This may suit your needs well. Wendall On Sun, 2006-01-15 at 17:03 -0700, Tom Smith wrote: > I need to find a basic SMTP server, one that will allow the server to > send outbound messages (such as Cronjob status and various alerts) and > will allow LAN devices (such as printers and copiers) to relay mail > through it. It doesn't need to support SMTP AUTH, TLS, or anything of > that nature--it just needs to be a basic, no frills mail server. > > Can anyone offer any suggestions for such a mail server? > > Thanks in advance for your help! -- [email protected] mailing list
