Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 22:07:27 +1000 From: Dylan Smith <dylan@lightray.org> To: Eric Crist <mnslinky@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sendmail question Message-ID: <46A88E7F.80907@lightray.org> In-Reply-To: <3342A9B9-056E-4C5A-852F-BAC2039E27CC@gmail.com> References: <46A86F40.1040208@lightray.org> <3342A9B9-056E-4C5A-852F-BAC2039E27CC@gmail.com>
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Eric Crist wrote: > On Jul 26, 2007, at 4:54 AMJul 26, 2007, Dylan Smith wrote: > >> I am currently on the last stages of setting up a FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE >> File and Network Application Server. One of my last tasks is to >> simple forward all mail from root out through my isp's SMTP(requires >> authentication) server and to an email account i have elsewhere. That >> is to say i have no purpose for a mail server other than to handle >> mail from things like periodic and to move that mail elsewhere. >> >> Can this be easily accomplished? If so are there any guides/how-to's? >> I have done a search around my usual BSD sites and books and found >> nothing that is easily modified to my circumstances. >> >> Thanks, Dylan. >> > > It can be done, but it's a PITA with Sendmail. Look into > /usr/ports/mail/ssmtp. We use it on our systems here where we need to > simply get root's email off the box. Simple configuration file, works > well. > > Eric Crist > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Thanks for that little suggestion. Would this mean that i could just disable sendmail totally(sendmail_enable="none")? Dylan.
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