Joe writes:
> On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:42:58 -0500
> Harry wrote:
>
>> Joe writes:
>>
>> > 1) If you need a mail server but have no previous experience, have
>> > heard of sendmail and are unaware of anything else, then yes, I'll
>> > join in the recommendations that you pick a different one. It
On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:42:58 -0500
Harry wrote:
> Joe writes:
>
> > 1) If you need a mail server but have no previous experience, have
> > heard of sendmail and are unaware of anything else, then yes, I'll
> > join in the recommendations that you pick a different one. It is
> > notoriously the
Joe writes:
> 1) If you need a mail server but have no previous experience, have heard
> of sendmail and are unaware of anything else, then yes, I'll join in the
> recommendations that you pick a different one. It is notoriously the
> most difficult to configure.
The thread has taken a turn away
Darac Marjal writes:
>> Do you know of a case where postfix was made to use Smarthost
>> smtp.comcast.net? I'd probably drop sendmail after years of use in
>> favor of postfix, but the several times I tried to configure it for
>> comcasts authentication, I failed miserably.
>>
>> I am probably
On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:24:22 -0500, Harry wrote in message
<87bou51bp5@newsguy.com>:
> NOTE: Already posted on unbuntu list... but due to it being something
> of an urgent matter... and not seeing responses there... I'm posting
> here too since the tools are all debian tools.
> - ---
On 28/09/11 11:39, Carl Fink wrote:
On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 12:24:22AM -0500, Harry Putnam wrote:
I inadvertantly deleted /etc/init.d/sendmail. Well I thought I'd just
reinstall sendmail to re-acquire that file.
...
Any attempt to uninstall it tells me it is not installed, any attempt
to i
On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 09:28:29AM -0500, Harry Putnam wrote:
> Carl Fink writes:
>
> > However my preferred method:
> >
> > "sudo aptitude install postfix"
> >
> > Postfix is a drop-in replacement for sendmail that can be configured by mere
> > mortals.
>
> Do you know of a case where postfix w
On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:24:22 -0500
Harry Putnam wrote:
> Due to unbridled personal bungling, I've created a nasty mess while
> installing sendmail.
>
I've never been near sendmail, so I can't help directly with the
problem.
I've seen the other replies, and:
1) If you need a mail server but ha
Darac Marjal writes:
>> So, can anyone recommend some method to get past this, and get the
>> pkgs fully installed and configured?
>>
>
> I imagine that, while configuring sendmail, dpkg tries to stop the
> sendmail process by invoking the init script. The init script isn't
> there, so it thinks
Carl Fink writes:
> However my preferred method:
>
> "sudo aptitude install postfix"
>
> Postfix is a drop-in replacement for sendmail that can be configured by mere
> mortals.
Do you know of a case where postfix was made to use Smarthost
smtp.comcast.net? I'd probably drop sendmail after year
On 09/28/2011 01:39 PM, Carl Fink wrote:
However my preferred method:
"sudo aptitude install postfix"
Best: "sudo apt-get install exim4"
;-)
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> NOTE: Already posted on unbuntu list... but due to it being something
> of an urgent matter... and not seeing responses there... I'm posting
> here too since the tools are all debian tools.
> - - --=-- - --- -
>
> Due to unbridled personal b
On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 12:24:22AM -0500, Harry Putnam wrote:
> I inadvertantly deleted /etc/init.d/sendmail. Well I thought I'd just
> reinstall sendmail to re-acquire that file.
...
> Any attempt to uninstall it tells me it is not installed, any attempt
> to install it ends with an error tha
On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 12:24:22AM -0500, Harry Putnam wrote:
> NOTE: Already posted on unbuntu list... but due to it being something
> of an urgent matter... and not seeing responses there... I'm posting
> here too since the tools are all debian tools.
> - - --=--
NOTE: Already posted on unbuntu list... but due to it being something
of an urgent matter... and not seeing responses there... I'm posting
here too since the tools are all debian tools.
- - --=-- - --- -
Due to unbridled personal bungling, I
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