So does it require the Perl Mail scripts to be installed, or will just an MTA like exim4 work?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Graeme Fowler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "LinuxVirtualServer.org users mailing list." <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 4:17 PM Subject: Re: [lvs-users] Configuring email alerts on Debian > On Tue, 2008-12-02 at 17:18 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Which is the most lightweight solution? We have an SMTP server on the >> local >> network to go through, so I wouldn't want this box going straight out to >> the >> internet to send mail. Is there someway to just configure the SMTP to >> send it >> off to? > > This is not really an LVS question, more of a general "how do I get mail > out of this box?" > > Run an MTA daemon (of your choice) bound only to localhost on the > director, and configure that to smarthost all mail it receives out via > your local SMTP server for distribution. This way, ldirectord will > deliver to the local host, and if it cannot reach the smart host it will > queue the mail until it can. > > Make sure your MTA daemon runs the queue at regular intervals, either > via queue runners called from the daemon or from cron. > > Graeme > > > > _______________________________________________ Please read the documentation before posting - it's available at: http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/ LinuxVirtualServer.org mailing list - [email protected] Send requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or go to http://lists.graemef.net/mailman/listinfo/lvs-users
