Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > Am Sat, Aug 31, 2024 at 01:57:25PM -0500 schrieb Dale: > >>>>>> I expect any MTA would do the task of sending emails - but since you've >>>>>> installed s-nail check the configuration examples offered here: >>>>>> >>>>>> https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/S-nail >>> Thank you. I will look into this wiki. >>> >>>>> email seems to be one of the more complicated things to manage in linux. >>> That's why I avoided it so far. :) >>> >>> >> I set this up on my old machine and transferred it over to my new rig. >> I use mail-mta/ssmtp and it works fine. I haven't tested it yet on new >> rig but worked on old rig. Only thing that uses it is SMART for hard >> drives, that I know of anyway. This is my config file, less comments. >> /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf >> >> root=postmaster >> >> root=rdalek1...@gmail.com #Change to your preferred email address >> >> […] >> >> Hope that helps. Someone else may add to this. Or correct things. > Well, the OP wants to have local delivery, not delivery via SMTP to an > external server. That means the mail is generated by the local service (like > ZED or smartd), reaches the MTA and that—without any network traffic—puts > the mail directly into a local folder, where it can be viewed with a reader > like mutt, or trigger a “you have mail” notification at logon. > > I use dma for that. I can’t remember anymore whether I had to set up > anything specific, but my /etc/dma/dma.conf is completely vanilla and has > all lines commented out. When I do something like > > echo hi | mutt root -s testmail > echo hi | mutt frank -s testmail > > I get a new mail in /var/spool/mail/root and /var/spool/mail/frank, > respectively. >
Oh, that kind of local. I never tried that. Although I would like one day to set up my own email thing so I can use whatever client I want. Sounds complicated so that's a while off. Dale :-) :-)
