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Mick schrieb: |
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> On Tuesday 25 July 2006 19:42, Alexander Skwar wrote: |
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>> Grant schrieb: |
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>> >> > I thought this |
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>> >> > thread was saying using SMTP was optional. |
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>> >> You misunderstood. This thread was about, *WHERE* SMTP is used. |
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>> >> IMO, it's wrong that portage even CAN use SMTP. But nearly always, |
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>> >> you'll need to use some SMTP server to get your mail out. But |
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>> >> with the /usr/sbin/sendmail interface, it's conceivable to send |
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>> >> out the mail WITHOUT the use of SMTP (eg. if the mail is sent from |
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>> >> the host with UUCP). |
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>> > Can I set my portage elog mail to be sent with UUCP? |
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>> Yes, by employing a sending program, which can do UUCP. /usr/sbin/sendmail |
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>> could be such a programm. |
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> Is there some way of sending such messages to a local MUA without them leaving |
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> the box? |
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How's the MUA accessing the mailbox? Is it /var/spool/mail/$username? |
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Anyway, the answer is: Yes. Use /usr/sbin/sendmail as the "mailserver" |
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in you MAILURI. |
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You cannot use SSMTP as your MTA (/usr/sbin/sendmail), though. You might |
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want to check out esmtp, as it can do local delivery by using an MDA like |
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procmail. With esmtp, such a scenario would be possible. |
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> If I understand this correctly in all options discussed here the |
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> messages will leave the box via SMTP/UUCP, reach the ISP servers, then the |
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> relevant (e.g. mail.yahoo.com) mailserver and finally back to the local box |
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> as incoming mail on the user MUA. |
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That's probably the flow which can be found most often, yes. But it's |
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not necessary to be that way. |
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Alexander Skwar |
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Have an adequate day. |
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