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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] cron and ssmtp
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:48:13
Message-Id: 20080122154805.189f89f2@zaphod.digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] cron and ssmtp by Michael Higgins
1 On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:36:46 -0800, Michael Higgins wrote:
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3 > Is anyone using cron (vixie-cron) without a real MTA and getting
4 > emails? The test is simple, just "echo hello world". I expect this
5 > to come as an email to the address I put in MAILTO="". But it doesn't.
6
7 It works on several boxes here. Is ssmtp working correctly? Try
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9 echo -e "To: Me\nSubject: ssmtp test\n\nssmtp test" | /usr/sbin/ssmtp youraddress
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11 If it fails, check /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf, particularly the mailhub
12 setting.
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15 --
16 Neil Bothwick
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18 Windows Error #10: Insufficient money spent in hardware.

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Re: [gentoo-user] cron and ssmtp Ricardo Saffi Marques <saffi@××××××××××××××.br>
Re: [gentoo-user] cron and ssmtp Michael Higgins <linux@×××××××.org>