Hi N!
If you really need an SMTP server
running, I can highly recommend postfix.
Otherwise, set
up the mailhost correctly and use the mailx programm.
e.g. for an empty message
mailx -v -s
test_email John.Doe@mailinglist.net </dev/null
-v to see all
the messages.
But maybe I
misunderstood your question and you just want to read the mails?
Generally the
mails are stored under /var/mail/<user>, you can easily read them be
entering the command “mail”
You’ll
see the mail list. Just type the number and you have the content.
Regards,
Michael
-----Original Message-----
From: netsec novice
[mailto:netsec9@hotmail.com]
Sent: Dienstag, 7. Januar 2003
22:03
To:
Subject: [syslog-ng]sending mail
I am a linux newbie -
sorry. I already have an SMTP server on my network. Can I use mail
from within syslog-ng to send messages to my account for alerting purposes
without configuring a full blown mail server on my linux box? I
don't know if there is a default SMTP client on linux (SuSE 8.1) or how to
configure it.
any help is appreciated
N
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