Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: local mail processing
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:07:45
Message-Id: gogp4u$jlv$1@ger.gmane.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] local mail processing by alain.didierjean@free.fr
1 alain.didierjean@××××.fr wrote:
2 > I don't import mail on my machine. I still need local mail to be processed and
3 > delivered. I emerged ssmtp & procmail to no avail. All I get is :
4 > Mar 2 11:07:03 isba sSMTP[26810]: Unable to connect to "mailhub.adj.org" port
5 > 25.
6 > Mar 2 11:07:03 isba sSMTP[26810]: Cannot open mailhub.adj.org:25
7 >
8 > What am I missing ? All localy emitted mail end up in ~/dead.letter...
9 > Thx,
10
11 You emerged it but did not configure it.
12
13 Anyway, for an easy to set-up local mail system, I'd recommend Exim.
14
15 PS:
16 You don't need ssmtp for local mail. You can safely unmerge it.