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On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 5:22 PM, Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com> wrote: |
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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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>> 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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>> |
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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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> |
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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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> |
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> I likely can't use my ISP's mail relay when traveling, right? |
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> |
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> - Grant |
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Ok, now I'm left with a bit of curiosity. You've implied here a couple |
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machines, one that sits at home where you may or may not be, likely a |
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desktop? And another that goes with you traveling, likely a laptop. |
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Now, a desktop at home can use your ISP's mail relay at all times, so |
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long as your internet connection through your ISP is online and |
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working, making elog mails from it accessible in your mailbox. The |
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laptop depends on how your ISP's mail relay is configured, but I'm |
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curious if you meant to imply you needed to send the elog information |
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from the system that was traveling with you or not. If you do, I |
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recommend a Gmail account, as they provide an authenticated-with-TLS |
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mail relay. |
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That said... and those things asked... gmail and ssmtp play very well |
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together in my experience (gotta love anecdotal evidence). |
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http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/HOWTO_Gmail_and_sSMTP |
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Poison [BLX] |
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Joshua M. Murphy |
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