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>> >> > That kind of delivery limits the access to this mails to the local |
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>> >> > maschine. If I want to read local I don't need mails, I could just |
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>> >> > read the logfiles from portage in /var/log/ |
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>> >> > |
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>> >> > But I am aware that solving this problem is nothing that portage has |
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>> >> > to do, as it is no problem with portage at all. |
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>> >> > |
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>> >> > My mail was just to show that not everyone has a local mailserver |
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>> >> > running on his maschine. |
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>> >> > |
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>> >> > Greetings |
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>> >> > |
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>> >> > Sebastian |
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>> >> |
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>> >> then let it store everything as elog and read that with elogv. |
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>> >> |
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>> >> mail is just an additional bonus feature. |
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>> > |
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>> > His initial mail said that he would like a copy of elogs to go to his |
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>> > inbox at his ISP. Later mails imply he might want to read them over IMAP |
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>> > so they are accessible at multiple locations. |
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>> > |
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>> > Sebastian, |
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>> > |
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>> > Have you looked at ssmtp? Very light, very small and you can protect your |
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>> > login password with Unix file permissions instead of leaving them open in |
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>> > make.conf |
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>> |
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>> Could I use ssmtp to send elog mail to my email address? I wouldn't |
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>> even need a login password if this is all I use it for, right? |
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> |
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> Yes. |
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> |
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> ssmtp is an email sender, it knows how to talk smtp to receiving servers or to |
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> relays. It doesn't receive mails. |
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> If the relay you use requires a username/password or ssl, it supports that |
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> too. |
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So I need a relay somewhere along with ssmtp to get a message to an |
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email address? |
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> [The receiving smtp server likely does not require a username/password, but it |
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> is equally likely to not accept connection direct from you, hence you should |
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> use your ISPs mail relay] |
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I likely can't use my ISP's mail relay when traveling, right? |
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- Grant |