[gentoo-user] Howto for Sendmail configuration?

[gentoo-user] Howto for Sendmail configuration?

[Dan Cowsill]

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Hi list,
I started hosting a wordpress blog on my system and it came to my
attention that wordpress uses the PHP mail() function to do confirmation
emails.  The mail() function uses UNIX sendmail, and I figured I could
go ahead and configure that puppy up to send off my blog's email without
issue...

I was wrong.  One look at the sendmail configuration file actually
angered me because of all the crap I would no doubt have to go through
to get it working.

So what I am looking for is a simplified howto describing how I could
set up sendmail to deliver mail for me...

I also wonder if it's possible to use sendmail to relay mail to my gmail
account and send it from there?

Thank you very much,
Dan
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[gentoo-user] Re: Howto for Sendmail configuration?

[Alexander Skwar]

· Dan Cowsill <danthehat@gmail.com>:

> I was wrong.  One look at the sendmail configuration file actually
> angered me because of all the crap I would no doubt have to go through
> to get it working.

Yep. That's why I never had a closer look at sendmail. If possible,
I replace it everywhere.

> So what I am looking for is a simplified howto describing how I could
> set up sendmail to deliver mail for me...

Uhm, if you don't know sendmail, then why start with sendmail
in the first place? There are quite some easier MTAs out there.
I personally like Postfix best, but Exim seems to be popular
as well. And for simple setups something like ssmtp might even
be sufficient.

So, the real question is: Why do you want to use sendmail?
Is there any real reason?

> I also wonder if it's possible to use sendmail to relay mail to my gmail
> account and send it from there?

?
What do you want to accomplish? What benefit do you see by
doing that?

Alexander Skwar
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Re: [gentoo-user] Howto for Sendmail configuration?

[Randy Barlow]

On Fri, April 27, 2007 3:25 pm, Dan Cowsill wrote:
> So what I am looking for is a simplified howto describing how I could
> set up sendmail to deliver mail for me...

I really wouldn't recommend using Sendmail, especially not for just
sending mail and not receiving mail.  So my recommendation is that you
unmerge sendmail, and then merge ssmtp.  This is a very simple MTA and is
great if you just want to send mail.  It still offers the standard UNIX
sendmail script, except that it is a wrapper.  So:

1) Umerge sendmail.
2) Emerge ssmtp
3) Edit /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf and set the mailhub variable to your ISP's
SMTP server.  For example, I have the line:

mailhub=smtp-server.carolina.rr.com

for one of my machines.  Hope this helps!

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Re: [gentoo-user] Howto for Sendmail configuration?

[Mick]

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On Saturday 28 April 2007 18:45, Randy Barlow wrote:
> On Fri, April 27, 2007 3:25 pm, Dan Cowsill wrote:
> > So what I am looking for is a simplified howto describing how I could
> > set up sendmail to deliver mail for me...
>
> I really wouldn't recommend using Sendmail, especially not for just
> sending mail and not receiving mail.  So my recommendation is that you
[snip]

Is smmtp all that is required?  I seem to be missing mail?
==========================================
echo test | mail -s "testing ssmtp" <my_mail_address>
-bash: mail: command not found
==========================================
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Mick

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Re: [gentoo-user] Howto for Sendmail configuration?

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 11:12:11 +0100, Mick wrote:

> Is smmtp all that is required?  I seem to be missing mail?
> ==========================================
> echo test | mail -s "testing ssmtp" <my_mail_address>
> -bash: mail: command not found
> ==========================================

emerge mail-client/mailx


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Re: [gentoo-user] Howto for Sendmail configuration?

[Mick]

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On Sunday 29 April 2007 11:31, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 11:12:11 +0100, Mick wrote:
> > Is smmtp all that is required?  I seem to be missing mail?
> > ==========================================
> > echo test | mail -s "testing ssmtp" <my_mail_address>
> > -bash: mail: command not found
> > ==========================================
>
> emerge mail-client/mailx

Thanks Neil, should I use mailx, or nail?  Is one a direct replacement for the 
other?
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Re: [gentoo-user] Howto for Sendmail configuration?

[Neil Bothwick]

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Hello Mick,

> > emerge mail-client/mailx  
> 
> Thanks Neil, should I use mailx, or nail?  Is one a direct replacement
> for the other?

According to the nail web site

" As of March 2006, nail has been integrated into the Heirloom project as
mailx."

So use mailx.


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Re: [gentoo-user] Howto for Sendmail configuration?

[Michael Sullivan]

On Sun, 2007-04-29 at 11:12 +0100, Mick wrote:
> On Saturday 28 April 2007 18:45, Randy Barlow wrote:
> > On Fri, April 27, 2007 3:25 pm, Dan Cowsill wrote:
> > > So what I am looking for is a simplified howto describing how I could
> > > set up sendmail to deliver mail for me...
> >
> > I really wouldn't recommend using Sendmail, especially not for just
> > sending mail and not receiving mail.  So my recommendation is that you
> [snip]
> 
> Is smmtp all that is required?  I seem to be missing mail?
> ==========================================
> echo test | mail -s "testing ssmtp" <my_mail_address>
> -bash: mail: command not found
> ==========================================

For that, you need mailx

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[gentoo-user] Re: Howto for Sendmail configuration?

[Alexander Skwar]

· Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>:

> On Saturday 28 April 2007 18:45, Randy Barlow wrote:
>> On Fri, April 27, 2007 3:25 pm, Dan Cowsill wrote:
>> > So what I am looking for is a simplified howto describing how I could
>> > set up sendmail to deliver mail for me...
>>
>> I really wouldn't recommend using Sendmail, especially not for just
>> sending mail and not receiving mail.  So my recommendation is that you
> [snip]
> 
> Is smmtp all that is required?

"Required" - for what?

> I seem to be missing mail? 

Then you should install it... It doesn't have anything to do with
sendmail or ssmtp.

According to http://www.rommel.stw.uni-erlangen.de/~fejf/cgi-bin/pfs-web.pl,
it can be part of nail. Maybe mailx also provides /usr/bin/mail.

Alexander Skwar
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[gentoo-user] Re: Howto for Sendmail configuration?

[Alexander Skwar]

· Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>:

> Hello Mick,
> 
>> > emerge mail-client/mailx  
>> 
>> Thanks Neil, should I use mailx, or nail?  Is one a direct replacement
>> for the other?
> 
> According to the nail web site
> 
> " As of March 2006, nail has been integrated into the Heirloom project as
> mailx."
> 
> So use mailx.

Hm, I don't know what the version numbers on 
http://packages.gentoo.org/search/?sstring=mailx mean
exactly, but I'd interprete 8.1.2.20050715-r1 as something
from 2005.

So: I differ. Install nail. 

Also, is Gentoo using stuff from the Heirloom Project?

Alexander Skwar
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Howto for Sendmail configuration?

[Bo Ørsted Andresen]

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On Sunday 29 April 2007 18:14:53 Dan Cowsill wrote:
> As per the gmail question, perhaps some clarification is in order.
> I'd like to use gmail's smtp server to send mail instead of my ISP's
> server.  Is this possible with the TLS/SSL encryption that Gmail uses?

Sure.

From /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf:

mailhub=smtp.gmail.com:465

AuthUser=USERNAME@gmail.com
AuthPass=PASSWORD

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