Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Scripsit Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> More generally, Perl modules to send mail rather than using >> /usr/sbin/sendmail are often useful with web applications (or other >> applications that need security isolation) that are running in a >> chroot. To use /usr/sbin/sendmail in the chroot requires setting up a >> chroot maildrop, and while there are packages to do this, using some >> module that can speak SMTP is often the path of least resistance. > Why not just install some software that can speak SMTP as the chroot's > /usr/bin/sendmail? E.g. nullmailer. nullmailer has to run as a daemon so far as I know (it at least does in the default Debian configuration) and still uses a local maildrop. It therefore requires explicit setup and configuration outside of the context of the CGI script or other application. A Perl module to send mail via SMTP is entirely self-contained and doesn't rely on any system service being installed. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
