On Wed, 15 Jan 2025 22:32:36 -0800 wes <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Wed, 15 Jan 2025 01:21:31 -0800 > > wes <[email protected]> wrote: > > > sounds like msmtp is not running. what is its service status? > > > > > > > that's the problem. > > > > I can find nothing in any of the set-up instructions talking about setting > > up as a "listener". they are almost uniformly about using it to send email. > > > > I probably need a different package to actually have something that will > > receive mail. > > > > > > > > I agree. > > is this the msmtp in question? https://marlam.de/msmtp/ > > if so, your assessment is correct, it is only meant to route emails to some > other smtp server. > > I use a similar package on debian called ssmtp ("simple smtp") and just > have it pointed to the incoming smtp server that hosts my own domain email > (gmail in this case) so it can only actually send anything to a domain > recognized by that server. that way it would be much more difficult for it > to be abused for spam. you could probably do the same with porkbun if you > felt so inclined. > > -wes
Shockingly - I managed to make postfix work ! Pretty much followed the directions over at the postfix page. Brian -- Brian
