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 1N3Fyj-0004MV-4g for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:22:49 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8D7DDE0757; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:22:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-px0-f171.google.com (mail-px0-f171.google.com [209.85.216.171]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60948E0757 for ; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:22:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pxi1 with SMTP id 1so786857pxi.32 for ; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:22:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=zzCd6WOzRpaJbNXK8vV/uOtY95oIiw5GAmlKv+Rf9zU=; b=sWDOi/M9kTNQJrqwxmF8ulTVAMTWmu6nJRsQtBA9KLdU9wZmjUdDB+TcqXDVu2ZQtT rhbSrzsO9Vklebvpo6JZOy0lNuyhunvZGgdWcBj8QISDIpNiXZduJ/IpBd8bl2fboPZG 60o4Q4Y8IMpTSscJrl/7+zCLj7Klz56MXGfb0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=B+dMOAaKyBSHIt+wyxYAz2Ebd/RpeiSbmWtq56Gvwp7m9I9r+CgsVWe2H9H3LVeeIh 2aUFnnItvZhjetbEkkXVZ4GmO2WnS3WZXGoXXjHk9HON/t34g5lpbcpeBg8e9+fe3x41 hmNcUSpOw3EA0R9BVNaTOcemLUbkNa3B9pBKQ= 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 Received: by 10.114.7.32 with SMTP id 32mr30513407wag.107.1256764965075; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:22:45 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <200910282133.51141.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> References: <49bf44f10910280936m47613bfx91827e3c3d4a30c6@mail.gmail.com> <200910282057.47078.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <49bf44f10910281227q3d61964ei593fa159d3911256@mail.gmail.com> <200910282133.51141.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:22:44 -0700 Message-ID: <49bf44f10910281422n721c811cqbe099bfc228ea7de@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] public mail server for ELOG? From: Grant To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 89904a25-3624-4401-8db2-e03c70a6143c X-Archives-Hash: 14db8812147f118f5309c3cc84bbf725 >> >> > 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