From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Phwdo-0008S9-K9 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 04:05:56 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 46275E0AB3; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 04:03:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D217E0AB3 for ; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 04:03:26 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AloFAMUrP03O+KSN/2dsb2JhbACWVI4edLovgxeCOASFF4pkhQc X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.60,378,1291611600"; d="scan'208";a="89254673" Received: from 206-248-164-141.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([206.248.164.141]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with SMTP; 25 Jan 2011 23:03:25 -0500 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 25 Jan 2011 23:04:16 -0500 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 23:04:16 -0500 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Setting up SMTP relay Message-ID: <20110126040416.GA18712@waltdnes.org> References: <4D3B4D53.7000209@wonkology.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4D3B4D53.7000209@wonkology.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 4534214f31a902639d30c29bf16d0159 On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 10:34:11PM +0100, Alex Schuster wrote > This is working fine. But there are other PCs in the LAN, which I > would also like to get status emails from. Being not the only one > with root access there, I do not want to duplicate the ssmtp setup > because of the password stored in ssmtp.conf. ??? What password in ssmtp.conf ??? My /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf has 4 uncommented lines. They are... The "root=" entry The "mailhub=" entry The "hostname=" entry FromLineOverride=YES That's it. What setup are you using that requires a password in ssmtp.conf? -- Walter Dnes