At 16:37 15/01/2003 +0000, you wrote:
I know it works with a pickup directory (eg: /var/spool/mqueue).
Not quite. /var/spool/mqueue is a *spool* directory - you can't just drop a file in there and expect sendmail to send it out. To do something like that you'll have to create all the smtp headers and try to create a spool file, along with it's associated status and queue files.
Seems to me that you need to create a script that will grab any file in a certain directory and use the mail command to send it off. If you need to mail to different addresses then said script will have to read the sendto address out of the file. But I could be wrong (again).....
I want our server based application which runs from a Win2K box to be able to write to this mail queue for sendmail to pickup the mail and send them on, this does away with the overhead of a SMTP connection for each mail send.
SMTP connections aren't that much of an overhead - it was designed that way. The combination of samba (is that what you used to share ?) plus the script would likely be greater, imho. ttfn nick@nexnix
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Nick Lindsell Sent: 15 January 2003 16:32 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Sendmail At 16:22 15/01/2003 +0000, you wrote: >Hi, > >If there is a better list for this question then please tell me so.... > >What I want to do is share a directory from my Redhat box (I have managed >this part) and then be able to use that directory as a drop point for >emails for sendmail to pickup and send out. Similar to the way the >Microsoft SMTP service works. Is this possible? If so anyone know of any >links with info regarding this? Sendmail doesn't work like that (if I understand you correctly). If you want to send out mail with SMTP via sendmail then configure your mail client (Outlook, Eudora, whatever) to use the Redhat machine as the outgoing SMTP server. What *exactly* are you trying to do? <puzzled> nick@nexnix > >Thanks, > >Dan > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _____________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by the WorldCom Internet Managed Scanning Service - powered by MessageLabs. For further information visit http://www.worldcom.com -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
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