Re: [gentoo-user] Mail configuration problem
On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 22:35:59 -0500, kashani wrote: Actually you can't use ssmtp as it can not deliver mail locally and is not an MTA. It can only relay mail off the local box to a real mail server. You can use ssmtp, but you have to set logwatch to send mails to a 'real' mail address and set the mailhub in /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf to your ISP's mail relay. It's easier to send the mails via your ISP than install and configure a full blown MTA to handle one mail per day. -- Neil Bothwick Time is the best teacher., unfortunately it kills all the students pgp0AJYTAt75y.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Mail configuration problem
I cat'ed the dead letter file and at the end, the following appears: send-mail: RCPT TO:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (504 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Sender address rejected: need fully-qualified address) Can't send mail: sendmail process failed with error code 1 What MTA are you using, Colleen? That will be the first step to helping you to configure to allow deliveries to localhost. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Mail configuration problem
Dave Nebinger wrote: I cat'ed the dead letter file and at the end, the following appears: send-mail: RCPT TO:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (504 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Sender address rejected: need fully-qualified address) Can't send mail: sendmail process failed with error code 1 What MTA are you using, Colleen? That will be the first step to helping you to configure to allow deliveries to localhost. I'm using the Gentoo default, ssmtp. I tried to emerge sendmail, but it is blocked by ssmtp. I didn't know if I should go ahead and unmerge ssmtp and emerge sendmail or not. I only really need it for this one function. Take care, Colleen -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Mail configuration problem
On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 23:09 -0400, C. Beamer wrote: Dave Nebinger wrote: I cat'ed the dead letter file and at the end, the following appears: send-mail: RCPT TO:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (504 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Sender address rejected: need fully-qualified address) Can't send mail: sendmail process failed with error code 1 What MTA are you using, Colleen? That will be the first step to helping you to configure to allow deliveries to localhost. I'm using the Gentoo default, ssmtp. I tried to emerge sendmail, but it is blocked by ssmtp. I didn't know if I should go ahead and unmerge ssmtp and emerge sendmail or not. I only really need it for this one function. Take care, Colleen You could stay with ssmtp, just edit the config file (i think it's /etc/ssmtp.conf or something). It doesn't do aliases, but you can set ONE alias for all destination uids under 1000. Alternatively, you can unmerge ssmtp and emerge sendmail (or better yet, in my opionion, postfix). ssmtp is just a real simple and basic mta for forwarding to a mail relay host. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Mail configuration problem
John Jolet wrote: You could stay with ssmtp, just edit the config file (i think it's /etc/ssmtp.conf or something). It doesn't do aliases, but you can set ONE alias for all destination uids under 1000. Alternatively, you can unmerge ssmtp and emerge sendmail (or better yet, in my opionion, postfix). ssmtp is just a real simple and basic mta for forwarding to a mail relay host. Actually you can't use ssmtp as it can not deliver mail locally and is not an MTA. It can only relay mail off the local box to a real mail server. Remove ssmtp and install your favorite MTA. I'll recommend Postfix and also recommend aliasing root mail to an unprivileged account and reading the mail there. Or you'll have to use mbox format. kashani -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
