Re: [gentoo-user] public mail server for ELOG?

[Joshua Murphy <poisonbl@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 5:22 PM, Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >> > 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 has
>>> >> > 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 IMAP
>>> > so they are accessible at multiple locations.
>>> >
>>> > Sebastian,
>>> >
>>> > Have you looked at ssmtp? Very light, very small and you can protect your
>>> > 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?  I 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 that
>> 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, but it
>> is equally likely to not accept connection direct from you, hence you should
>> use your ISPs mail relay]
>
> I likely can't use my ISP's mail relay when traveling, right?
>
> - Grant

Ok, now I'm left with a bit of curiosity. You've implied here a couple
machines, one that sits at home where you may or may not be, likely a
desktop? And another that goes with you traveling, likely a laptop.
Now, a desktop at home can use your ISP's mail relay at all times, so
long as your internet connection through your ISP is online and
working, making elog mails from it accessible in your mailbox. The
laptop depends on how your ISP's mail relay is configured, but I'm
curious if you meant to imply you needed to send the elog information
from the system that was traveling with you or not. If you do, I
recommend a Gmail account, as they provide an authenticated-with-TLS
mail relay.

That said... and those things asked... gmail and ssmtp play very well
together in my experience (gotta love anecdotal evidence).
http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/HOWTO_Gmail_and_sSMTP

-- 
Poison [BLX]
Joshua M. Murphy