* [EMAIL PROTECTED] (2003-07-15 12:51 +0200) > On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 10:12:23AM +0200, Thorsten Kampe wrote: >> * edj (2003-07-15 03:31 +0200) >>> My machine is not sending localmail, i.e., error messages, cron junk, >>> etc, to root -- "Sendmail: cannot open port 25". No wonder - I do >>> not have sendmail installed.
>> Sure you have. Try "which sendmail". >>> I'd rather not install it. I have ssmtp, but my wanderings around Google >>> tell me that it is not for delivery of local mail. >> That's exactly what it's for. Have a look at /etc/ssmtp. > Thorsten, I think you're confusing the sendmail package with the sendmail > executable. No. "edj" has got "sendmail" (which is a link to ssmtp). "edj" misunderstood the error message. It was not "'sendmail' not found" but "sendmail/ssmtp: I cannot open port 25 on mailhub 'mail'" > [...] But ssmtp is just a simple package for getting mail from a local > system to a remote MTA; Yes. > it doesn't handle incoming mail, which is what the original question was > about. No, the original question was about "sending localmail"/"delivery of local mail" and that is exactly what ssmtp is for. He can always use his ISP's mailhub or his LAN's. Thorsten -- Content-Type: text/explicit; charset=ISO-8859-666 (Parental Advisory) Content-Transfer-Warning: message contains innuendos not suited for children under the age of 18 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
