Re: [tlug] sending mails to the localhost

["Hector Akamine" <akamine@example.com>]

Josh, Scott, Botond

Thanks for the help. I wrote some other questions below

> > > I have seen some examples of scripts triggered by processes running
> > > locally that use the command "mail" to notify the admin/root in case
> > > something is going wrong. My question: do I need a full-fledged mail
> > > server running in the host to have these messages sent?
> >
> > No, you do not need an actual MTA. What you can use instead depends on
> > the distro; Gentoo uses a package called ssmtp:
> >
>
> By default debian uses exim. When you configure the system during
> installation, there is a pretty simple menu where you can select exim to
> be used only for local delivery.

I'm using fedora, which comes with sendmail installed (and running!)
by default. But after reading so many warnings about it, I avoid
touching it, like as it were a bowl of "natto" beans :-)
Fedora does not seem to have a ssmtp package available, so I will try
with exim. I have two questions:
1) Is there a good tutorial for "dummies" to configure exim? I have
found some googling, but seem to require more knowledge than what I
have now.
2) Is the default configuration file (/etc/exim/exim.conf) good for
local mail delivery and safe enough to be used without modifications?
I'm not sure about which are the lines I should take care of. My guess
is that the following are the relevant ones:

domainlist local_domains = @
domainlist relay_to_domains =
hostlist   relay_from_hosts = 127.0.0.1

Thanks
Hector