On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 12:55:44PM -0700, Kelly Jones wrote: > On 6/21/09, Bob Proulx <b...@proulx.com> wrote: > > Kelly Jones wrote: > >> I have sendmail installed on etch, > > > > Is there a reason not to upgrade to Lenny, the current stable? This > > is outside of your current problem but you really should think about > > keeping current. > > I plan to use a cluster of cheap VPS' for redundancy. Many VPS > providers now offer etch; very few offer lenny. > > > Using Sendmail is probably okay but IMNHO there are better choices. > > Would you entertain using a different MTA? If you want a full > > internet site mailer then I recommend that you install and use either > > Postfix or Exim. I personally prefer Postfix. But in either case you > > could simply install and it would solve your problem. > > > > apt-get install postfix > > > > Answer the debconf questions for an internet site and then you are > > set. No other configuration is needed. > > I'm happy to use any MTA that 1) delivers email to anydomain.com using > its MX record, 2) queues mail that it can't send, and 3) doesn't run a > daemon (I don't accept incoming email on these servers). > > I had exim4 installed, but it kept telling me "not configured to send > mail to remote hosts" or something. > > Postfix will really just work "out of the box"?
Both Exim and Postfix have a simple debconf-based configurator . dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config #dpkg-reconfigure postfix I personally prefer postfix. But Exim is also well-supported here. > debian:~# dpkg -S /usr/sbin/sendmail > dpkg: /usr/sbin/sendmail not found. > debian:~# ls -l /usr/sbin/sendmail /usr/lib/sendmail > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 30 2009-06-19 16:17 /usr/lib/sendmail -> > /etc/alternativ\ > es/lib.sendmail* > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 2009-06-19 16:17 /usr/sbin/sendmail -> > /etc/alternati\ > ves/sendmail* > > Hmmm, what the heck am I running? /usr/sbin/update-alternatives --display sendmail -- Tzafrir Cohen | tzaf...@jabber.org | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's tzaf...@cohens.org.il | | best ICQ# 16849754 | | friend -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
