Re: [gentoo-user] cron and ssmtp

2008-01-22 Thread Michael Higgins
On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:37:32 +0100 Jan Seeger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:36:46 -0800, Michael Higgins wrote: > > > > > > > > > Is anyone using cron (vixie-cron) without a real MTA and > > > > > getting emails? The test is simple, just "echo hello world". > > > > > I

Re: [gentoo-user] cron and ssmtp

2008-01-22 Thread Jan Seeger
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 22. Jan, Ricardo Saffi Marques spammed my inbox with > I think it's not a group issue. I put myself at cron and crontab groups, > just in case. If it was a group thing, you wouldn't even be able to "crontab > -e". > I edit my cron table using:

Re: [gentoo-user] cron and ssmtp

2008-01-22 Thread Ricardo Saffi Marques
I think it's not a group issue. I put myself at cron and crontab groups, just in case. If it was a group thing, you wouldn't even be able to "crontab -e". I edit my cron table using: "crontab -e" (no extra parameters needed). Check it out by "crontab -l". For root, I do the same. Regards, Saffi

Re: [gentoo-user] cron and ssmtp

2008-01-22 Thread Greg Bowser
I'm using ssmtp to send mail on several boxes. One of the boxes is running a real MTA and acts as the hub for the other boxes. Check /var/log/mail*. I'm assuming you set mailhub=foo in your ssmtp.conf, which means you're using the box foo to relay your mail. It's possible that the hub is refusing

Re: [gentoo-user] cron and ssmtp

2008-01-22 Thread Michael Higgins
On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:48:05 + Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:36:46 -0800, Michael Higgins wrote: > > > Is anyone using cron (vixie-cron) without a real MTA and getting > > emails? The test is simple, just "echo hello world". I expect this > > to come as an

Re: [gentoo-user] cron and ssmtp

2008-01-22 Thread Ricardo Saffi Marques
Oh, forgot to mention: and it works beautifully. ;) On 1/22/08, Ricardo Saffi Marques <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I also have mailx installed. Try that. > > On 1/22/08, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:36:46 -0800, Michael Higgins wrote: > > > > > Is anyon

Re: [gentoo-user] cron and ssmtp

2008-01-22 Thread Ricardo Saffi Marques
I also have mailx installed. Try that. On 1/22/08, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:36:46 -0800, Michael Higgins wrote: > > > Is anyone using cron (vixie-cron) without a real MTA and getting > > emails? The test is simple, just "echo hello world". I expect this >

Re: [gentoo-user] cron and ssmtp

2008-01-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:36:46 -0800, Michael Higgins wrote: > Is anyone using cron (vixie-cron) without a real MTA and getting > emails? The test is simple, just "echo hello world". I expect this > to come as an email to the address I put in MAILTO="". But it doesn't. It works on several boxes her

[gentoo-user] cron and ssmtp

2008-01-22 Thread Michael Higgins
Hello, folks -- Is anyone using cron (vixie-cron) without a real MTA and getting emails? The test is simple, just "echo hello world". I expect this to come as an email to the address I put in MAILTO="". But it doesn't. No dead.letter to be found either. Not having found any examples of folks usin