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On 09/26/2010 12:13 PM, Grant wrote:

>
> 2. backupninja can email reports.  This works on my remote server
> which runs postfix, but my laptop and desktop don't run an MTA.  Is
> there a simple one that would be well-suited to a purpose like this,
> or do I need full-blown postfix on my laptop and desktop?  Whatever I
> choose, I'd also like to use it to send PORTAGE_ELOG messages from
> those systems.

I use ssmtp for that purpose and there are at least two more similar
packages in the mail-mta category, but I haven't tried them.