Joshua Moore-Oliva said: > I am attempting unsuccessfully to use ssmtp to send an email... I am attempting to do this from php, but I dropped to command line to help clarify the problem. > > chatgris root # ssmtp [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Hi > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ssmtp: Cannot open mail:25
I installed ssmtp for the first time just a few days ago and got exactly the same error message as you. I found the Internet search engine Yahoo.com most useful, as this link shows: <http://tinyurl.com/7qmz> I particularly like this HOWTO <http://slashetc.net/stuff/mutt/howto.html>, which comments: sSMTP is farily low on options -- there isn't much you can configure. So the easy thing to do is to just give an example sSMTP configuration file. This file resides in /etc. [/etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf] I observe also that `man smtp` is also installed by the ebuild. It states: FILES /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf - configuration file This file has an entry: mailhub=smtp.your.isp.net I suspect you will also have to enter a legitimate hostname; mine is: hostname=modem12345.dsl.my.isp.net I hope this helps, Stroller. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
