[gentoo-user] Re: smartctrl drive error @60%

[Grant Edwards]

On 2014-06-25, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:

> I have to say, I dread setting up a mail server about as bad as I dread
> going to the Doctor.  It's just something I really don't want to add to
> my system unless I have to.  It's sort of like the init thingy.  I don't
> want to add something else that will eventually break and I'll have to
> fix.  The mail system won't keep me from booting but it is just one more
> thing to keep a eye on and make sure it is working.  So, making sure the
> mail system is working will likely take up the same amount of time that
> checking the drive manually every month or so will take.

I think you are _vastly_ overestimating the amount of effort required
to install and set up something like msmtp.  It's completely trivial
compared to setting up sendmail (or even postfix).  If you know the
name of your ISP's smtp server along with the username and password,
it doesn't take more than a minute or two to set up.  And it just
doesn't break (unless you change the password and forget to update the
msmtp config file).

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