Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 00:25:34 +0100 (CET) From: Marco Trentini <mark@remotelab.org> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/63780: Some fixs in the mail chapter of the handbook Message-ID: <200403042325.i24NPYLU003794@einstein.lab> Resent-Message-ID: <200403042330.i24NUFZ5081426@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 63780
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: Some fixs in the mail chapter of the handbook
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Thu Mar 04 15:30:14 PST 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Marco Trentini
>Release: FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD einstein.lab 5.2.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE #0: Sat Feb 28 17:12:44 CET 2004 mark@einstein.lab:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/EINSTEIN i386
>Description:
During my translation I've noted some posers.
However I am not sure of their correctness.
>How-To-Repeat:
Read the mail chapter of the handbook.
>Fix:
--- chapter.sgml.diff begins here ---
--- chapter.sgml.old Fri Mar 5 00:06:18 2004
+++ chapter.sgml Fri Mar 5 00:06:28 2004
@@ -68,7 +68,11 @@
<listitem>
<para>How to use SMTP with UUCP.</para>
</listitem>
-
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>How to set up the system to send mail only.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
<listitem>
<para>How to use mail with a dialup connection.</para>
</listitem>
@@ -1320,9 +1324,9 @@
service, your agreement may forbid you from running a
<quote>mail server</quote>.</para>
- <para>The easiest way to fulfill those needs are to install the
+ <para>The easiest way to fulfill those needs is to install the
<filename role="package">mail/ssmtp</filename> port. Execute
- the following commands as root:</para>
+ the following commands as <username>root</username>:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/mail/ssmtp</userinput></screen>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>make install replace clean</userinput></screen>
@@ -1332,25 +1336,25 @@
with a four-line file located at
<filename>/usr/local/etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf</filename>:</para>
- <programlisting>root=yourrealeamil@yourisp.com
-mailhub=mail.yourisp.com
-rewriteDomain=yourisp.com
+ <programlisting>root=your_real_email
+mailhub=mail.your_isp.com
+rewriteDomain=your_isp.com
hostname=_HOSTNAME_</programlisting>
<para>Make sure you use your real email address for
<username>root</username>. Enter your ISP's outgoing mail relay
- in place of <literal>mail.yourisp.com</literal> (some ISPs call
+ in place of <literal>mail.your_isp.com</literal> (some ISPs call
this the <quote>outgoing mail server</quote> or
<quote>smtp server</quote>).</para>
<para>Make sure you disable <application>sendmail</application> by
- setting <option>sendmail_enable=</option><quote>"NONE"</quote>
+ setting <option>sendmail_enable=</option><quote>NONE</quote>
in <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>.</para>
<para><filename role="package">mail/ssmtp</filename> has some
other options available. See the example config file in
<filename>/usr/local/etc/ssmtp</filename> or the manual page for
- <application>ssmtp</application> some examples and more
+ <application>ssmtp</application> to some examples and more
information.</para>
<para>Setting up <application>ssmtp</application> in this manner
--- chapter.sgml.diff ends here ---
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