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Re: How can I find out what MTA a debian machine is using?



Try to see e-mail headers....Generally it works if the system is not
configured to return a bogus version


----- Original Message -----
From: "stan" <stanb@awod.com>
To: "Debian User List" <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 11:02 AM
Subject: How can I find out what MTA a debian machine is using?


> I needed to look at my MTA log file on one of my machines today. All the
> info in /var/log/mail* seemd to pertain to fetchmail, whic this machien
> uses to obtain mail from upstream ISP's.
>
> I remeber back when I configured the machien in question, I set it up to
> realay all mail through one of the ISP's.
>
> Thinking that this should be simple, I looked in /etc/alternatives, but I
> did not see anything that looke liek a reference to an MTA there.
>
> Where else do I need to look? Might this be configured on a per user
> bassis? I don't think I did that.
>
> See what happens when things "jsut worK', I forget _how_ they work. Mostly
> this is "a good thing (tm)".
>
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> neither liberty nor safety."
> -- Benjamin Franklin
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