MTA for Solaris - ideas anyone?
I am looking for an MTA to use with mutt on a Solaris 2.6 system, so far none of the ones on http://wiki.mutt.org/?LightSMTPagents builds successfully though I'm pursuing msmtp still. Does anyone have any suggestions for a 'light' MTA that will actually compile on Solaris 2.6. I've tried the ones in the above list and so far none compiles. I can't use the two last ones because we don't have python. I can compile mutt and lots of other things, it's just these MTAs seem to be difficult. -- Chris Green
Re: MTA for Solaris - ideas anyone?
Eur Ing Chris Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am looking for an MTA to use with mutt on a Solaris 2.6 system, so far none of the ones on http://wiki.mutt.org/?LightSMTPagents builds successfully though I'm pursuing msmtp still. Does anyone have any suggestions for a 'light' MTA that will actually compile on Solaris 2.6. I've tried the ones in the above list and so far none compiles. I can't use the two last ones because we don't have python. I can compile mutt and lots of other things, it's just these MTAs seem to be difficult. mini-qmail (a queueless version of qmail) may do what you want; it certainly compiles cleanly on Solaris. Charles -- --- Charles Cazabon [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPL'ed software available at: http://pyropus.ca/software/ ---
Re: MTA for Solaris - ideas anyone?
* On 2007.02.16, in [EMAIL PROTECTED], * Eur Ing Chris Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am looking for an MTA to use with mutt on a Solaris 2.6 system, so far none of the ones on http://wiki.mutt.org/?LightSMTPagents builds successfully though I'm pursuing msmtp still. Most non-queueing SMTP clients are, shall we say, optimized for Linux. Getting the native-code ones to compile on Solaris is not an enjoyable exercise. If you're using Solaris 2.6, you're probably not on dialup (or wireless). What's wrong with a full MTA like sendmail that's simply not running a listener? Very likely the sendmail that ships on Solaris 2.6 will work fine, as old as it is. I wouldn't run it as a server, but as a client it should be okay. Plus you get an outbound queue in case of problems. Sendmail is very common on Solaris, so even if you do need to compile it shouldn't be much of an issue, and if you're not running a listener you don't really need to be very conscious of security issues (in case you're one of those who feels that sendmail is fatally flawed, security-wise). -- -D.[EMAIL PROTECTED]NSITUniversity of Chicago
Re: MTA for Solaris - ideas anyone?
On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 11:05:51AM -0600, David Champion wrote: * On 2007.02.16, in [EMAIL PROTECTED], * Eur Ing Chris Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am looking for an MTA to use with mutt on a Solaris 2.6 system, so far none of the ones on http://wiki.mutt.org/?LightSMTPagents builds successfully though I'm pursuing msmtp still. Most non-queueing SMTP clients are, shall we say, optimized for Linux. Getting the native-code ones to compile on Solaris is not an enjoyable exercise. If you're using Solaris 2.6, you're probably not on dialup (or wireless). What's wrong with a full MTA like sendmail that's simply not running a listener? Very likely the sendmail that ships on Solaris 2.6 will work fine, as old as it is. I wouldn't run it as a server, but as a client it should be okay. Plus you get an outbound queue in case of problems. Sendmail is very common on Solaris, so even if you do need to compile it shouldn't be much of an issue, and if you're not running a listener you don't really need to be very conscious of security issues (in case you're one of those who feels that sendmail is fatally flawed, security-wise). Problem is I don't have root access so configuring sendmail is not really possible. While I could ask the sysdamin to do stuff, that isn't a problem as such, I doubt if he's capable of configuring sendmail. I also really need to send via my own authenticated SMTP as the only company server available is Exchange. This is all reasonably 'above board' by the way, I'm not trying to do things without the business knowing, it's just that I'm one of the few developers who is 100% on Solaris. Currently I use an ssh tunnel and sendmail on a remote system but it would be cleaner, easier and faster if I could run a local light MTA. -- Chris Green
Re: MTA for Solaris - ideas anyone?
=- Eur Ing Chris Green wrote on Fri 16.Feb'07 at 19:33:44 + -= Problem is I don't have root access so configuring sendmail is not really possible. You don't need root: get the config m4-source dir (admin could give you read-access to them, otherwise get them from source-package), build your own config (for example 'nullcient'), and then use it with 'sendmail -C .../your-file' as your $sendmail value. -- © Rado S. -- You must provide YOUR effort for your goal! EVERY effort counts: at least to show your attitude. You're responsible for ALL of it: you get what you give.
Re: MTA for Solaris - ideas anyone?
On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 08:52:16PM +0100, Rado S wrote: =- Eur Ing Chris Green wrote on Fri 16.Feb'07 at 19:33:44 + -= Problem is I don't have root access so configuring sendmail is not really possible. You don't need root: get the config m4-source dir (admin could give you read-access to them, otherwise get them from source-package), build your own config (for example 'nullcient'), and then use it with 'sendmail -C .../your-file' as your $sendmail value. Can sendmail do authenticated SMTP? If so then this is a distinct possibility. -- Chris Green
Re: MTA for Solaris - ideas anyone?
* On 2007.02.16, in [EMAIL PROTECTED], * Eur Ing Chris Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 08:52:16PM +0100, Rado S wrote: =- Eur Ing Chris Green wrote on Fri 16.Feb'07 at 19:33:44 + -= Problem is I don't have root access so configuring sendmail is not really possible. You don't need root: get the config m4-source dir (admin could give you read-access to them, otherwise get them from source-package), build your own config (for example 'nullcient'), and then use it with 'sendmail -C .../your-file' as your $sendmail value. Can sendmail do authenticated SMTP? If so then this is a distinct possibility. You would need a new sendmail, not the Solaris 2.6 one, but it can. -- -D.[EMAIL PROTECTED]NSITUniversity of Chicago
