[syslog-ng]sending mail

[Aaron Jackson]

There are three programs that handle mail on a unix-like system: the=20
MUA, the LDA and the MTA. The Mail User Agent (MUA) formats message in a =

standard format like MIME. From the command line you usually use mailx.=20
The Local Delivery Agent (LDA) stores incooming messages i.e. puts them=20
in /var/spool/mail/ in mbox format or $HOME/Maildir in Maildir format.=20
Mail.local, procmail or maildrop are examples of an LDA. The Mail=20
Transport Agent (MTA) is what accepts or sends mail. Sendmail, postfix=20
and qmail are examples of MTAs. Every unix or unik-like system I have=20
ever used has some version of sendmail installed on it, and most are=20
preconfigured.

I don't do linux, but generally speaking you use the same program to=20
send out mail as you do to receive it. If you don't want to run an MTA,=20
just put the following as a cron job for root:

0 * * * * [ -x /usr/lib/sendmail ] && /usr/lib/sendmail -q

Which will run once an hour and flush any "stuck" messages. The machine=20
will not accept any incomming mail. Of course, this assumes that=20
sendmail is set up correctly i.e. you can send mail from the machine. If =

not, go to www.sendmail.org for more information. The only other thing=20
you need to do is either generate a preformated mail message and pass it =

to the MTA, or use an MUA so you can send any outgoing messages.

Aaron

Michael.Semling@swisscom.com wrote:

> Hi N!
>
> If you really need an SMTP server running, I can highly recommend postf=
ix.
>
> 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=20
> mails?
>
> Generally the mails are stored under /var/mail/<user>, you can easily=20
> read them be entering the command =93mail=94
>
> You=92ll see the mail list. Just type the number and you have the conte=
nt.
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael
>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* netsec novice [mailto:netsec9@hotmail.com]
> *Sent:* Dienstag, 7. Januar 2003 22:03
> *To:* syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu
> *Subject:* [syslog-ng]sending mail
>
> I am a linux newbie - sorry. I already have an SMTP server on my=20
> network. Can I use mail from within syslog-ng to send messages to my=20
> account for alerting purposes without configuring a full blown mail=20
> 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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