On 7/1/2011, at 12:32pm, Bill Denton wrote: >> ... >> $ get_iplayer --longhelp | grep -ie email >> --email <address> Email HTML index of matching programmes to >> specified address >> --email-sender <address> Optional email sender address >> --email-smtp <hostname> SMTP server IP address to use to send >> email (default: localhost) >> $ >> >> Note that you will have to use a proper SMTP server and not ssmtp. > > ... > Emailing: I'm currently using ssmtp, as only want to send emails out > from logwatch & get_iplayer using my gmail account. It sounds like I > should use a proper SMTP server. I did have a quick look at postfix, > but couldn't work out how to configure it to just send emails out > using my gmail.com account. Suggestions welcome.
I really like Postfix; it seems quite secure out of the box. To send always via a specific upstream SMTP server you set relayhost in /etc/postfix/main.cf, however to use Gmail there are some additional authentication steps (and Gmail will always rewrite the From: address in all mail it relays). If you don't want to configure Postfix then you're probably best off using your ISP's SMTP server. Setting a suitable From: address using "--email-sender" may be required to ensure that the recipient host doesn't mistake you for a spammer. aB. _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
