I seem to have no local mail delivery:
echo test | mail -s test root
-/bin/bash: mail: command not found
So I started poking around and see that I already have ssmtp installed. It seems unconfigured so I make some obvious changes to /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf. At this point I don't know how to start it up, there is no ssmtpd or anything obvious in /etc/init.d.
I then decided to install sendmail. I was forced to unmerge ssmtp first do to a blockage, but then emerging sendmail put ssmtp right back in as a dependancy? Weird.. Anyway, I added sendmail to my startup using rc-update and then I started it up by hand. I again try to send a test message but can't.
What do I need to do to get local mail delivery?
As far as ssmtp, so send an email like you attempted to, you use 'sendmail' or 'ssmtp', but all that ssmtp does is act as a mail proxy and forward anything it gets to a known mail server as per its config file. It is really only meant for sending mail, not receiving it.
-- Andrew Gaffney
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