On Thursday 25 May 2006 08:19, Tango Echo wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm currently testing/researching a syslog server > setup for a network that is primarily Windows based. > The current problem I am up against is this: How can I > send email (via SMTP, etc...) to recipients on my > Exchange 2003 server? I was thinking about using > Postfix since many people claim it's fairly simple to > configure. However, most HOWTOs I come across on this > package seem to be overkill. I just need to be able > to send emails from a linux box to an Exchange box for > alerts and reports. > > Any suggestions?
If you really only need to be able to relay mail out to another mail server and you don't need any local mail delivery, you might consider installing esmtp. ESMTP is a user configurable relay-only Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) with a sendmail-compatible syntax. It's based on libESMTP supporting the AUTH (including the CRAM-MD5 and NTLM SASL mechanisms) and the StartTLS SMTP extensions. It is fairly simple to configure, simply point it at the mail server you want to relay mail to and away you go. Any local applications that use a sendmail interface (the most common and how most local apps send mail via postfix as well) will use esmtp and will route the mail out to the mail server you indicated. I use Postfix on my machines, but I do understand that some people want to increase security by reducing the number of unneeded applications and processes. Removing Postfix if it really isn't needed is not a bad idea. ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
