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Christopher Cowart wrote: |
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> If a cron generates any output while it's running, it tries to email it |
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> to root@localhost. |
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Thanks Chris, I never understood this root@localhost (probably because I |
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have inadequate knowledge of many matters relating to mail within an OS). |
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Where is root@localhost, where is mail for root@localhost stored, how is it |
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meant to be retrieved? |
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> ssmtp is your default MTA, and it's default configuration points to the |
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> host mail, at port 25. As mail doesn't resolve to any mail server, |
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> that's the sSMTP error you're seeing. |
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Is this meant to be a real (external) mail server e.g. smtp.my_isp.com, or |
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is there a Linux OS setup I can use internally without mail leaving the |
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box? |
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> You could also configure sSMTP to have a reverse alias, so that when it |
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> tries to e-mail root, it'll e-mail you@×××××××.com. This would involve |
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> also changing sSMTP to be aware of your ISP's mail hub. |
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. . . as in my ISP's smtp server? |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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