Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 08:09:07 +0000 From: "Thomas Mueller" <mueller6724@bellsouth.net> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Automated submission of kernel panic reports: sysutils/panicmail Message-ID: <D5.0E.02506.3A7A8725@cdptpa-oedge01>
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from Mark Felder:
> > Question that arises is how does the system know where to send the email,
> > and through what SMTP server, especially if panicmail_autosubmit="YES".
> Every computer on the planet has the capability of being able to send
> email directly without an SMTP server. The only question is if the
> receiving end is willing to accept it, or discard it as spam.
Mail server at the receiving end might reject the message, or one's ISP might block it.
> > I use mail/mpop and mail/msmtp rather than messing with sendmail or
> > postfix; have multiple email accounts and inboxes.
> Does it provide a compatible /usr/sbin/sendmail binary? If so, it will
> just work^TM.
msmtp -a <account-name> -t < message-with-headers
from Colin Percival:
> Don't you get "daily run output" and "security run output" emails?
I didn't think of these messages, all contained within the same computer.
These messages are constructed like email, but don't go through mail servers.
Tom
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