[gentoo-user] ssmtp - How to set up

Paul Stear schrieb:
> Hi all,
> I have never got system messages, cron messages etc to work in gentoo. This
> really hasn't been a problem but the more progs I have running the more I
> think I should attempt to get this working. Especially elogs.
> I have ssmtp installed but not set up correctly, I have looked at the man page
> but I couldn't fathom out what exactly I needed to do to receive messages in
> my user account.

You want to receive mails on your user account on your local box?

This can't be done with SSMTP. As the description already says:

Description: Extremely simple MTA to get mail off the system to a Mailhub

SSMTP can't do local delivery.

Now, you could setup your system so, that it sends the mail to some
other system and then you access that other system with POP3/IMAP
to get the mail. But that's of course not your local account.

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--- Paul Stear <gentoo DeleteThis @appjaws.plus.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> I have never got system messages, cron messages etc
> to work in gentoo. This
> really hasn't been a problem but the more progs I
> have running the more I
> think I should attempt to get this working.
> Especially elogs.
> I have ssmtp installed but not set up correctly, I
> have looked at the man page
> but I couldn't fathom out what exactly I needed to
> do to receive messages in
> my user account.
> Can anybody please give me step by step
> instructions.
>
> All of my mail is received from my isp using kmail
>
> Thanks
> Paul
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> This message has been sent using kmail with gentoo
> linux
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>
>

I use esmtp. It is as small as ssmtp, but it allows
local delivery, without need to run postfix or
sendmail daemons on your system.


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