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. -- Grüße | Greetings | Salut | Qapla’ Please do not share anything from, with or about me on any social network. Humans long for immortality, yet they don’t know what to do on a rainy Sunday.
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