Re: mail

[Wayne Topa <linuxone@intergate.com>]

Ron Johnson(ron.l.johnson@cox.net) is reported to have said:
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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).

As does exim4 since a recent upgrade.  Just noticed that yesterday and
have not found out why, yet.

Wayne

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