On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 09:06:56AM +0800, Plug N Play wrote:
> I have a short question regarding the use of mail command.
> Is there a way to define an outgoing smtp server in mail command?
> 

>From what I know, mail(1) uses the /usr/sbin/sendmail command to
send mail.

> I have setup a pc with linux but no internet and I'd like to use mail
> command to send daily report using an internal smtp server.
> 
> I have tried to setup postfix and configure relayhost and it worked.
> The problem is, I need to install and start postfix in all servers
> which I'd like to avoid. =)

Look into this little program:

http://packages.debian.org/stable/mail/ssmtp.html

It's a very simple program that just relays mail to the SMTP server you
specify in the configuration.

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