Re: [msmtp-users] Mail to root

["Darrick Hartman" <dhartman@...218...>]

Postfix really is pretty easy to setup, especially if you're using an external smtp relay. 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Nathan Weston <elbows@...215...>
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 10:41:15 
To: <msmtp-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [msmtp-users] Mail to root

Martin Lambers wrote:
> On Fri, 12. Feb 2010, 18:43:19 -0500, Nathan Weston wrote:
>> I'm using msmtp on my desktop machine to get output from cron jobs, etc 
>> at my usual email address instead of a local mailbox.
>>
>> Unforunately, cron will sometimes send email to root, and msmtp will try 
>> to deliver such messages to root on my ISP's SMTP server, leading to 
>> cranky phone calls from their sysadmins.
>>
>> I can set the MAILTO environment variable in cron. But if I screw that 
>> up, or some other program decides to send mail to root, I'll have the 
>> same problem, and I won't know it's happening until the poor admin gets 
>> sick of it and calls me again.
>>
>> Is there a way for smtp to either a) use an alias for root or b) reject 
>> email when the to address has no domain? Or is there some other way 
>> around this problem?
> 
> While msmtp can be used as a minimal, special-purpose system MTA, this
> is not its main purpose and it lacks many important features of a real
> MTA.
> 
> For your situation, msmtp should support /etc/aliases and/or local
> deliveries.
> 
> It is possible to restructure msmtp and integrate support for these
> features. This is suggested repeatedly, but I currently do not have
> the time to do this myself. However, patches are welcome :)
> 
> In the meantime, it may be a good idea to have a look at real MTAs
> to solve your problem.
> 
> Martin
> 

Too bad. I'm too lazy to configure a real MTA, but I might not be too 
lazy to write a patch. :)

The code looks pretty clean and well-documented. I'll see if I can throw 
something together.

- Nathan

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