On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 05:11:54PM +0100, Zoran Kolic wrote:
> Smtpd loaded with smtp:// prefix. Thanks.
> Another problem surfaced: I added line to
> muttrc to have smtpd as a mailer:
> 
> set sendmail="/usr/sbin/smtpctl"
>
> and I cannot send mail, since smtpctl needs
> root privilages. Am I on the correct path for
> this?
> 

Yes, wrong path, this is not how you do it.

You need to setup the mailwrapper: see mailwrapper(8) and mailer.conf(5)

Then smtpctl can be invoked as sendmail and will not require root privs.


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Gilles Chehade

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