Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:01:56 -0700 (PDT) From: L Goodwin <xrayv19@yahoo.com> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Configuring FreeBSD 6.2 to use sendmail for sending only Message-ID: <551986.10942.qm@web58113.mail.re3.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <B5C8AD63-103A-4813-992B-2083ECE8677C@mac.com>
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Chuck, I'd prefer to have the script handle the mailing so I can test the script (with email send) manually, independent of cron. Still looking for specifics on setting this up and a bourne shell script example that sends an email. Thanks! --- Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> wrote: > On Aug 30, 2007, at 3:12 PM, L Goodwin wrote: > > I wrote a shell script that backs up the file > server. > > I would like to modify this script to email a > > notification message to a public email address. > > Use cron, which will automatically email out the > results of your > script to any email address you like. > > > Seems like sendmail should do the job nicely, but > I've never set it > > up before. > > > > What specific steps (including network-specific) > need > > to be performed to get sendmail working for > outgoing > > mail only in a secure manner? > > Please see the fine Handbook: > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mail.html > > Although, it is entirely reasonable to consider > using Postfix instead. > > -- > -Chuck > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545433
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