using sendmail without the service running

[David Thornton]

If I may, Why not queue locally?

David

Dave Cramer wrote:
> Answering my own question
>
> in /etc/mail/submit.mc
>
> change
>
> dnl If you use IPv6 only, change [127.0.0.1] to [IPv6:::1]
> FEATURE(`msp', `[127.0.0.1]')dnl
>
> to
> FEATURE(`msp', `your smtp server')dnl
>
> and shut down sendmail
>
> --dc--
> On 7-Sep-06, at 1:40 AM, Walter Dnes wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 06:09:59PM -0400, Dave Cramer wrote
>>> I used to know how to do this, but can't find it anymore.
>>>
>>> There is a way to configure sendmail to send mail through a remote
>>> smtp server without first queuing it locally. Does anyone know the
>>> secret incantation ?
>>
>>   If you simply want a simple send-only client, try ssmtp, which does
>> only one thing, i.e. push email out the door to a smarthost (i.e. an
>> MTA).  It's usually your ISP's MTA, but could be any MTA, if you can
>> point it to the proper machine.
>>
>> -- 
>> Walter Dnes <waltdnes-SLHPyeZ9y/tg9hUCZPvPmw at public.gmane.org> In linux /sbin/init is Job #1
>> My musings on technology and security at http://tech_sec.blog.ca
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