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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Tell cron to send email using sender:passwd@host:587 syntax?
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 14:57:21
Message-Id: 20131116145653.32347621@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Tell cron to send email using sender:passwd@host:587 syntax? by Tanstaafl
1 On Sat, 16 Nov 2013 09:05:52 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote:
2
3 > > #PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILURI="root /usr/sbin/sendmail"
4 > > PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILURI="recipient@×××××××.com
5 > > sender:passwd@××××××××××××.com:100587"
6 >
7 > I'm guessing portage still uses /usr/sbin/sendmail, but using the above
8 > defined credentials?
9
10 Not according to mail.conf.example
11
12 # mailserver: smtp server that should be used to deliver the mail (defaults to localhost)
13 # alternatively this can also be a the path to a sendmail binary if you don't want to use smtp
14
15 So it uses SMTP by default, Python has standard libraries that make this
16 simple, and only uses sendmail when you explicitly instruct it to do so.
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20 Neil Bothwick
21
22 If nothing sticks to Teflon, how do they stick teflon on the pan?

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Re: [gentoo-user] Tell cron to send email using sender:passwd@host:587 syntax? Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org>