[syslog-ng] [PATCH]: Experimental SMTP destination

[Alexander Clouter]

Gergely Nagy <algernon at balabit.hu> wrote:
>> >
>> > [snipped sendmail approach]
>> > 
>> > Yes, that's a possibility, indeed, but that assumes one has a sendmail
>> > command installed.
>> > 
>> For those crazy enough to run syslog-ng on a non-sendmail environment, 
>> there are alternatives:
>> 
>> http://glob.com.au/sendmail/
> 
> Sadly, that does not run on my router.
>
My 4MB NAND router has a sendmail binary and nullmailer is also readily 
available.  I am refering to the wrapper that does mail submission into 
the local queue.

http://www.busybox.net/downloads/BusyBox.html#sendmail

I would not suggest for a moment someone runs the actual full sendmail 
mail routing server. :)

>> > * Tighter integration with syslog-ng allows for easier troubleshooting:
>> >     one only has to look at one place
>> >
>> It does not answer "where did my email alert go?"  Did syslog eat it?  
>> Did the smarthost toast it?  Was it lost further upstream?
> 
> Of course it does not make me able to troubleshoot issues beyond the box
> itself, but it does make it easier to see whether the message left the
> system at all, as I only have to look at syslog-ng's debug output, and
> don't have to hunt down wherever sendmail logged to.
> 
It logs where all your existing mail server logs go to.

Just sayin'

Cheers

-- 
Alexander Clouter
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