Configuring FreeBSD 6.2 to use sendmail for sending only

[L Goodwin]

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 at 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
> 
> 



       
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