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On Wednesday 28 October 2009 21:22:44 Grant 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 |
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> >> >> > has 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 |
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> >> > IMAP 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 |
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> >> > your login password with Unix file permissions instead of leaving them |
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> >> > open in make.conf |
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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 |
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> > or to relays. It doesn't receive mails. |
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> > If the relay you use requires a username/password or ssl, it supports |
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> > that 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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> > [The receiving smtp server likely does not require a username/password, |
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> > but it is equally likely to not accept connection direct from you, hence |
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> > you should use your ISPs mail relay] |
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> I likely can't use my ISP's mail relay when traveling, right? |
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You should be able to, if they offer smtp_auth. Ideally over SSL/TLS so that |
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you don't send username/passwd in the clear. Most ISPs these days provide |
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this service as standard. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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