Cornelia Menzel wrote: >On 21:25 Tue 17 May , Rumen Yotov wrote: > > >>Hi, >>Think that making a link "ln -s /usr/bin/nbsmtp /usr/sbin/sendmail will >>do the trick (or virtual/mta). >>HTH. Rumen >> >> > >Hello Rumen, > >Thank you very much for your help. The problem is that I would have to install >sendmail. > >Regarding the error message, it is clear, that the solution would be pointing >to my (already installed) mta, which is >nbsmtp. But I did not find any hint in internet how I can realise that using >emerge. As emerge is the way to install >software under Gentoo, I was wondering how other users change options using >emerge (if there is a way to do that). > >The programm needs to be compiled with the following option: > >./configure --with-mta=/usr/bin/nbsmtp > >Is there a way to do that under Gentoo? > >Thanks in advance. > >Kind regards, >Nelly > > > Hi Nelly, It all depends on what you wanna do. Generally speaking there are two main choices for sending a mail. *First* install your own mail-server (sendmail,qmail,postfix) or *second* install some minimal server which will forward the mail to a relayhost/mailhub (your ISP) - ssmtp,nbsmtp etc. Second choice is lot easier as a start. Just read the official gentoo-docs about mail, quite all needed info is there (incl. ssmtp,nbsmtp install, usage). nbsmtp is in portage so you only have to run: "emerge nbsmtp -pv" then grop the "p". You're not *required* to install sendmail to have a working mail setup. Just sharing my experience here (i'm using qmail). HTH. Rumen
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