[Tfug] email question

[Matt Jacob]

I had totally forgotten about ssmtp. That's probably the
best/easiest/most secure route if all you need to do is pass mail off
to some other SMTP server. There's no daemon running in the
background, no spool, no monolithic config files, etc.

I second Ken's suggestion for ssmtp.

Matt

On 6/26/07, Ken <ken at greenideas.net> wrote:
> You might look at ssmtp.  It is a small MTA that can be used from the
> command line.  All it does is send your email to your ISP but it can
> handle ssl and is simple to configure.
>
> Ken
>
> On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 02:26:26PM -0700, Joe Blais wrote:
> >
> > > Andrew Ayre
> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 1:21 PM
> > > To: Tucson Free Unix Group
> > > Subject: Re: [Tfug] email question
> > >
> > >
> > > Which programming language or scripting language are you using?
> > >
> > > For perl and PHP you can get modules that make sending emails (with
> > > attachments, etc.) easier. Also in C (and the other languages) you can
> > > use system() to execute programs like sendmail, etc.
> > >
> > > Andy
> > >
> >
> > Andy, Hello
> >
> > C/C++
> >
> > I am/was planning on making system calls to unix/linux command line e-mail
> > applications.
> >
> > I was looking at sendmail.org.  It appears as though setting it up isn't
> > just a matter of setting some config stuff.  It appears as though it's, to
> > some degree, recompiled or reconfigured using make and m4 "stuff".  That
> > seems like a configuration headache to figure out what stuff I need to
> > include on the final system.
> >
> > Joe
> >
> >
> >
> >
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