Configuring FreeBSD 6.2 to use sendmail for sending only

[L Goodwin]

--- Bill Moran <wmoran at potentialtech.com> wrote:

> In response to L Goodwin <xrayv19 at yahoo.com>:
> > 
> > --- Bill Moran <wmoran at potentialtech.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > L Goodwin <xrayv19 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Chuck, I'd prefer to have the script handle
> the
> > > > mailing  so I can test the script (with email
> > > send)
> > > > manually, independent of cron.
> > > 
> > > Why?  What is your reason for overcomplicating
> this
> > > task by refusing
> > > to use the facilities built into the system?
> > > 
> > > > Still looking for specifics on setting this up
> and
> > > a
> > > > bourne shell script example that sends an
> email.
> > > > Thanks!
> > > 
> > > Use mail(1).  That's what it's there for.
> > Huh? I want to use cron to run the script, but
> want
> > more control over when and where email gets sent.
> The
> > business reasons are sound. Anyway, a script that
> > sends email is not complicated, so how can I be
> > overcomplicating anything?
> 
> Two lines of code vs. 1 line is overcomplicated.
> 
> While your description of the reasons is somewhat
> vague, I still feel
> that cron's internal mailer can handle the chore. 
> What control over
> who gets the mail do you need that can't be
> accomplished either by
> setting an env variable in the crontab, or by adding
> aliases to
> sendmail's config?
> 
> > Also, recent posts to freebsd-questions on the
> subject
> > of sending email from cron seemed to favor having
> the
> > script handle the mailing instead of cron.
> 
> I haven't seen those mails, and can't comment on
> them.
> 
> > Anyway, I
> > do not want the client to receive an email if the
> > backup fails.
> 
> Then don't send the mail to the client, just change
> who it goes to:
> MAILTO=someone_not_the_client at somedomain.com
> 
> > Bill, I'm just trying to figure stuff out here.
> I'm
> > sorry if my ignorance offends you.
> > I don't know how others feel about it, but I'd
> prefer
> > not to get negative, condescending replies to my
> > sincerely aimed questions. After all, this is a
> forum
> > for questions, isn't it?
> 
> Please don't mistake terseness for "condescending". 
> I didn't feel I
> was being condescending, and did not intend to be. 
> What I did was:
> a) Comment that I feel you're taking the wrong
> approach to solving
>    your problem.
> b) Give you a direct answer.
> 
> What more could you ask for?  I apologize if my
> language implied a
> negative tone.  It was not intended that way.

Apology accepted. Sorry if I overreacted -- the last
few days have been less fruitful than I'd hoped.



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