From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1G5Rtf-0000oQ-Ed for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 25 Jul 2006 18:44:47 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k6PIeOZx025767; Tue, 25 Jul 2006 18:40:24 GMT Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.190]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k6PIaWKC009468 for ; Tue, 25 Jul 2006 18:36:33 GMT Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id m19so318783nfc for ; Tue, 25 Jul 2006 11:36:32 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=q1y1Y/E5bRZblkfvbNsNdCiR/57oiVWcMf29UgJRxRol/96Y0XnBUhI+9QHhF4RInFUu/Kq9FxYEUQpArx+KxDcHjr/YBMF5Y2c4DOZjvXV0jAxz+pU6nudNFp87RGiq+Uab6FIYbDatthCKHM5XGPvOKaZPEOCGYDkSbXzC0K8= Received: by 10.48.143.13 with SMTP id q13mr1078271nfd; Tue, 25 Jul 2006 11:36:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.48.238.18 with HTTP; Tue, 25 Jul 2006 11:36:32 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <49bf44f10607251136o2237d8bal36025da3648953bd@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 11:36:32 -0700 From: Grant To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] PORTAGE_ELOG error In-Reply-To: <44C66016.4010405@mid.email-server.info> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <49bf44f10607220921r614c9650v33f73c25ebb59d3c@mail.gmail.com> <44C45FE0.5030601@mid.email-server.info> <49bf44f10607240744x3b65b72brc07806431cf1420e@mail.gmail.com> <44C4E230.4010809@mid.message-center.info> <49bf44f10607250952r7d930295i9ada2c0d39fdf32b@mail.gmail.com> <44C66016.4010405@mid.email-server.info> X-Archives-Salt: 7f9413db-f9a0-423e-aa81-6aca5d4ba6f1 X-Archives-Hash: a1436933af62fd02e29cfc224c53bb69 > > I thought this > > thread was saying using SMTP was optional. > > You misunderstood. This thread was about, *WHERE* SMTP is used. > IMO, it's wrong that portage even CAN use SMTP. But nearly always, > you'll need to use some SMTP server to get your mail out. But > with the /usr/sbin/sendmail interface, it's conceivable to send > out the mail WITHOUT the use of SMTP (eg. if the mail is sent from > the host with UUCP). Can I set my portage elog mail to be sent with UUCP? Is it not recommended for any reason? I have postfix set up on my remote server, but I like keeping personal and business stuff separate. - Grant -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list