A. Khattri schreef: > On Tue, 14 Jun 2005, Holly Bostick wrote: > > >>I just want cron (generally) to mail any output to me via my regular >>ISP, rather than to root, via the local mailspool. > > > Forgot to mention: Im assuming you have ssmtp installed (as well as > mailx). As far as sending the email, you will have to edit > /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf and /etc/ssmtp/revaliases to direct the email to the > right place - this can also be used to send email through your ISPs > server. > > # more /etc/ssmtp/revaliases > > # sSMTP aliases > # > # Format: local_account:outgoing_address:mailhub > # > # Example: root:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:mailhub.your.domain[:port] > # where [:port] is an optional port number that defaults to 25. > ajai:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:mail.bway.net > > So email sent to the local "ajai" account is sent through my ISP to my > bway.net mailbox. > > I have options in /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf so email to "root" or "postmaster" > is sent to the "ajai" account (and hence forwarded to the right place). > >
Thanks, I just installed mailx (mostly to get the man page, since the homepage is debian.org, and that's not much help), and I'll look into the ssmtp config in about 2 minutes. I really have no interest in having or maintaining anything even remotely like a mail server, but since I already have this transfer agent by default, I might as well configure it. Phooey. But your mention of bway.net reminds me of something I wanted to ask you-- are you in NYC? I was a bway.net customer before I left New York, so it made me wonder. I found them a great little ISP, and if you are in the city, find a reason to drop by their office downtown-- they have (Nerf) toys (or at least they did when I was there)! lol Holly -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
