Re: [gentoo-user] to mail or not to mail

2005-09-14 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, 2005-09-13 at 23:12 +0200, Antoine wrote: > Billy Holmes wrote: > > Antoine wrote: > > > >> tux ~ # sendmail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> hithere > >> > >> sendmail: Cannot open mail:25 > > > > > > ssmtp always uses a smart host. It can't deliver mail by itself. > > > > edit /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.

Re: [gentoo-user] to mail or not to mail

2005-09-13 Thread Antoine
Billy Holmes wrote: Antoine wrote: tux ~ # sendmail [EMAIL PROTECTED] hithere sendmail: Cannot open mail:25 ssmtp always uses a smart host. It can't deliver mail by itself. edit /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf, make your changes (use your ISP's mail server), and I personally turn on FromLineOverrid

Re: [gentoo-user] to mail or not to mail

2005-09-13 Thread kashani
Antoine wrote: Hi, I am trying to get php to send an email and am completely lost. It seems as though I had it working on an mdk box at work today, cos I got the messages on my yahoo account, but now I am trying to set up a similar thing at home I am getting nowhere. I have never done anything

Re: [gentoo-user] to mail or not to mail

2005-09-13 Thread Billy Holmes
Antoine wrote: tux ~ # sendmail [EMAIL PROTECTED] hithere sendmail: Cannot open mail:25 ssmtp always uses a smart host. It can't deliver mail by itself. edit /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf, make your changes (use your ISP's mail server), and I personally turn on FromLineOverride=yes. You may have to

Re: [gentoo-user] to mail or not to mail

2005-09-13 Thread Antoine
I don't want to do ANYTHING but have php send emails. I don't really care about security (for the moment) and really just want it to work without thinking about it! Can someone give me some advice? Cheers Antoine Personally I would just emerge sendmail and use that, especial

Re: [gentoo-user] to mail or not to mail

2005-09-13 Thread Michael Crute
On 9/13/05, Antoine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi,I am trying to get php to send an email and am completely lost. It seemsas though I had it working on an mdk box at work today, cos I got the messages on my yahoo account, but now I am trying to set up a similarthing at home I am getting nowhere. I

[gentoo-user] to mail or not to mail

2005-09-13 Thread Antoine
Hi, I am trying to get php to send an email and am completely lost. It seems as though I had it working on an mdk box at work today, cos I got the messages on my yahoo account, but now I am trying to set up a similar thing at home I am getting nowhere. I have never done anything apart from set