Re: mail

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

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On 09/29/06 15:37, Albert Dengg wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 29, 2006 at 07:54:58PM +0200, David C. Weichert wrote:
>>> Am Freitag, den 29.09.2006, 23:02 +0600 schrieb S. M. Ibrahim (Lavlu):
>>>> i cann't remember how, but i was able to send mail to any email
>>>> address from redhat useing "mail someone@domain.com "
>>>> how can i get this with debian ?
>>> Do you mean something like this:
>>>
>>> echo "this is a test." | mail -s "test" user@example.com
>>>
>>> You need to have a mail transfer agent (MTA) configured and running, if
>>> this shall work. The default MTA with Debian is Exim.
>>>
>>> Which version of Debian (stable/testing/unstable) are you running? Is
>>> Exim or another MTA (postfix) installed and configured on your system?
> would not be ssmtp the simples choice for such an enviroment (if the OP
> does not want to use fetchmail of course, otherwise it will create a
> loop i belive)
> 
> it supports address rewriting, tls, smtp auth ... everything that is
> needed for a simple envirement

It also does not support local email (like when dpkg sends emails
with release notes).

- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

Is "common sense" really valid?
For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that
whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins
are mud people.
However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
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