Package: msmtp-mta
Version: 1.4.20-1
Severity: wishlist
[Feel free to WONTFIX this if it's beyond msmtp's intended scope.]
I want a one-stop way to rewrite the recipient of system mail,
i.e. "To: root" becomes "RCPT TO:f...@example.net". I suggest:
- add an msmtprc command "local-to f...@example.net", rewrites ALL
local recipients to "f...@example.net"; or
- add support for /etc/aliases.
Rationale follows.
* * *
My netbooks run msmtp, and it is great for user mail. Because it runs
synchronously, when msmtp exits successfully I *know* the message got
at least as far as the smarthost.
As my new netbook is powerful enough to run cron, I'm interested in
delivering system mail to the smarthost (instead of throwing it away).
With a normal MTA, I'd do it thusly:
echo "root: trentb...@gmail.com" >>/etc/aliases
newaliases
...but msmtp ignores /etc/aliases. It *does* work if I stick a
mailto=trentb...@gmail.com at the top of each crontab, but that won't
cover other stuff (e.g. at jobs), and I'd need to be forever alert for
packages creating new tabs in /etc/cron.d/.
Just to demonstrate the issue itself:
# echo test | msmtp trentb...@gmail.com
password for trentb...@gmail.com at smtp.gmail.com:
# echo test | msmtp root
password for trentb...@gmail.com at smtp.gmail.com:
msmtp: recipient address root not accepted by the server
msmtp: server message: 553-5.1.2 We weren't able to find the recipient
domain. Please check for any
msmtp: server message: 553-5.1.2 spelling errors, and make sure you didn't
enter any spaces, periods,
msmtp: server message: 553 5.1.2 or other punctuation after the recipient's
email address. 30sm8942719anp.1
msmtp: could not send mail (account default from /etc/msmtprc)
# cat /etc/aliases
mailer-daemon: postmaster
postmaster: root
nobody: root
hostmaster: root
usenet: root
news: root
webmaster: root
www: root
ftp: root
abuse: root
noc: root
security: root
root: twb
twb: trentb...@gmail.com
# cat /etc/msmtprc
account default
from trentb...@gmail.com
tls_trust_file /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
host smtp.gmail.com
port 587
auth on
user trentb...@gmail.com
tls on
And the same thing via cron:
# echo >>/etc/msmtprc password UNPRINTABLE
# echo >>/etc/msmtprc syslog on
# echo >>/etc/crontab '* * * * * root echo test'
# tail -fn0 /var/log/syslog
Apr 16 15:57:01 dali /usr/sbin/cron[1360]: (*system*) RELOAD (/etc/crontab)
Apr 16 15:58:01 dali /USR/SBIN/CRON[16595]: (root) CMD ( echo test)
Apr 16 15:58:05 dali msmtp: host=smtp.gmail.com tls=on auth=on
user=trentb...@gmail.com from=trentb...@gmail.com recipients=root
smtpstatus=553 smtpmsg='553-5.1.2 We weren?t able to find the recipient domain.
Please check for any\n553-5.1.2 spelling errors, and make sure you didn?t enter
any spaces, periods,\n553 5.1.2 or other punctuation after the recipient?s
email address. n2sm9015844ann.2' errormsg='recipient address root not accepted
by the server' exitcode=EX_DATAERR
Apr 16 15:58:05 dali /USR/SBIN/CRON[16594]: (root) MAIL (mailed 5 bytes of
output but got status 0x0041#012)
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.33-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages msmtp-mta depends on:
ii msmtp 1.4.20-1 light SMTP client with support for
msmtp-mta recommends no packages.
msmtp-mta suggests no packages.
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