Re: Configuring FreeBSD 6.2 to use sendmail for sending only

2007-08-31 Thread L Goodwin
--- Chuck Swiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Aug 30, 2007, at 6:14 PM, L Goodwin wrote: > [ ... ] > > Should I be calling "mail" or "sendmail", and > which > > mail or sendmail should I invoke if there is more > than > > one of either? Chuck's example calls sendmail in > a > > path that does

Re: Configuring FreeBSD 6.2 to use sendmail for sending only

2007-08-31 Thread L Goodwin
--- Ian Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:14:55 -0700 (PDT) L Goodwin > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- Derek Ragona <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > [ slashing mercilessly ] > > > > >--- Chuck Swiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [..] > > > > > Although, it is

Re: Configuring FreeBSD 6.2 to use sendmail for sending only

2007-08-31 Thread L Goodwin
--- Bill Moran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In response to L Goodwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > --- Bill Moran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > L Goodwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Chuck, I'd prefer to have the script handle > the > > > > mailing so I can test the script

Re: Configuring FreeBSD 6.2 to use sendmail for sending only

2007-08-31 Thread Chuck Swiger
On Aug 30, 2007, at 6:14 PM, L Goodwin wrote: [ ... ] Should I be calling "mail" or "sendmail", and which mail or sendmail should I invoke if there is more than one of either? Chuck's example calls sendmail in a path that does not exist on my system (my sendmail is in /usr/sbin/). I usually invo

Re: Configuring FreeBSD 6.2 to use sendmail for sending only

2007-08-31 Thread Ian Smith
On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:14:55 -0700 (PDT) L Goodwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Derek Ragona <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [ slashing mercilessly ] > > >--- Chuck Swiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [..] > > > > Although, it is entirely reasonable to consider > > > > using Postfix instead.

Re: Configuring FreeBSD 6.2 to use sendmail for sending only

2007-08-31 Thread Bill Moran
In response to L Goodwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > --- Bill Moran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > L Goodwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Chuck, I'd prefer to have the script handle the > > > mailing so I can test the script (with email > > send) > > > manually, independent of cron. > >

Re: Configuring FreeBSD 6.2 to use sendmail for sending only

2007-08-31 Thread Derek Ragona
At 08:14 PM 8/30/2007, L Goodwin wrote: --- Derek Ragona <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 07:01 PM 8/30/2007, L Goodwin wrote: > >Chuck, I'd prefer to have the script handle the > >mailing so I can test the script (with email send) > >manually, independent of cron. > > > >Still looking for spec

Re: Configuring FreeBSD 6.2 to use sendmail for sending only

2007-08-31 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2007-08-30 18:03, L Goodwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Um... I just want to pass an email message (complete > with From, To, Subject and message body) to a mail > handler (sendmail), as I stated in the original post. > > Anyway, Chuck kindly provided sample code. The only > thing I'd like to d

Re: Configuring FreeBSD 6.2 to use sendmail for sending only

2007-08-30 Thread Rob
L Goodwin wrote: What specific steps (including network-specific) need to be performed to get sendmail working for outgoing mail only in a secure manner? I suggest ssmtp in the ports: ports/mail/ssmtp Or it's web site: http://packages.debian.org/testing/mail/ssmtp.html "A secure, effective

Re: Configuring FreeBSD 6.2 to use sendmail for sending only

2007-08-30 Thread L Goodwin
--- Derek Ragona <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 07:01 PM 8/30/2007, L Goodwin wrote: > >Chuck, I'd prefer to have the script handle the > >mailing so I can test the script (with email send) > >manually, independent of cron. > > > >Still looking for specifics on setting this up and > a > >bourne

Re: Configuring FreeBSD 6.2 to use sendmail for sending only

2007-08-30 Thread L Goodwin
--- Giorgos Keramidas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2007-08-30 17:01, L Goodwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >--- Chuck Swiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Please see the fine Handbook: > >> > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mail.html > >> > >> Although, it is ent

Re: Configuring FreeBSD 6.2 to use sendmail for sending only

2007-08-30 Thread Derek Ragona
At 07:01 PM 8/30/2007, L Goodwin wrote: Chuck, I'd prefer to have the script handle the mailing so I can test the script (with email send) manually, independent of cron. Still looking for specifics on setting this up and a bourne shell script example that sends an email. Thanks! --- Chuck Swig

Re: Configuring FreeBSD 6.2 to use sendmail for sending only

2007-08-30 Thread L Goodwin
--- Bill Moran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > L Goodwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Chuck, I'd prefer to have the script handle the > > mailing so I can test the script (with email > send) > > manually, independent of cron. > > Why? What is your reason for overcomplicating this > task by

Re: Configuring FreeBSD 6.2 to use sendmail for sending only

2007-08-30 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2007-08-30 17:01, L Goodwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >--- Chuck Swiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Please see the fine Handbook: >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mail.html >> >> Although, it is entirely reasonable to consider >> using Postfix instead. > > Chuck, I

Re: Configuring FreeBSD 6.2 to use sendmail for sending only

2007-08-30 Thread Bill Moran
L Goodwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Chuck, I'd prefer to have the script handle the > mailing so I can test the script (with email send) > manually, independent of cron. Why? What is your reason for overcomplicating this task by refusing to use the facilities built into the system? > Still

Re: Configuring FreeBSD 6.2 to use sendmail for sending only

2007-08-30 Thread L Goodwin
Chuck, I'd prefer to have the script handle the mailing so I can test the script (with email send) manually, independent of cron. Still looking for specifics on setting this up and a bourne shell script example that sends an email. Thanks! --- Chuck Swiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Aug 30

Re: Configuring FreeBSD 6.2 to use sendmail for sending only

2007-08-30 Thread Chuck Swiger
On Aug 30, 2007, at 5:01 PM, L Goodwin wrote: Chuck, I'd prefer to have the script handle the mailing so I can test the script (with email send) manually, independent of cron. Still looking for specifics on setting this up and a bourne shell script example that sends an email. Thanks! I just

Re: Configuring FreeBSD 6.2 to use sendmail for sending only

2007-08-30 Thread Chuck Swiger
On Aug 30, 2007, at 3:12 PM, L Goodwin wrote: I wrote a shell script that backs up the file server. I would like to modify this script to email a notification message to a public email address. Use cron, which will automatically email out the results of your script to any email address you li