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Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:22:44 -0700
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] public mail server for ELOG?
From: Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com>
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>> >> > That kind of delivery limits the access to this mails to the local
>> >> > maschine. If I want to read local I don't need mails, I could just
>> >> > read the logfiles from portage in /var/log/
>> >> >
>> >> > But I am aware that solving this problem is nothing that portage ha=
s
>> >> > to do, as it is no problem with portage at all.
>> >> >
>> >> > My mail was just to show that not everyone has a local mailserver
>> >> > running on his maschine.
>> >> >
>> >> > Greetings
>> >> >
>> >> > Sebastian
>> >>
>> >> then let it store everything as elog and read that with elogv.
>> >>
>> >> mail is just an additional bonus feature.
>> >
>> > His initial mail said that he would like a copy of elogs to go to his
>> > inbox at his ISP. Later mails imply he might want to read them over IM=
AP
>> > so they are accessible at multiple locations.
>> >
>> > Sebastian,
>> >
>> > Have you looked at ssmtp? Very light, very small and you can protect y=
our
>> > login password with Unix file permissions instead of leaving them open=
in
>> > make.conf
>>
>> Could I use ssmtp to send elog mail to my email address? =A0I wouldn't
>> even need a login password if this is all I use it for, right?
>
> Yes.
>
> ssmtp is an email sender, it knows how to talk smtp to receiving servers =
or to
> relays. It doesn't receive mails.
>
> If the relay you use requires a username/password or ssl, it supports tha=
t
> too.
So I need a relay somewhere along with ssmtp to get a message to an
email address?
> [The receiving smtp server likely does not require a username/password, b=
ut it
> is equally likely to not accept connection direct from you, hence you sho=
uld
> use your ISPs mail relay]
I likely can't use my ISP's mail relay when traveling, right?
- Grant