Re: mail

[a_d@gmx.at (Albert Dengg)]

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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

yours
Albert

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Albert Dengg <a_d@gmx.at>
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