[BusyBox] sendmail for small systems

[John Daz]

I think you are right. I just tried out ssmtp. It
looks 
like asking users to specify a mailhub will work.
Plus, it is really important messages don't get
returned to the box.

Thanks everyone,
John









--- Dzuy Nguyen <dzuy at itlogistic.net> wrote:

> It's not going to be practical to include sendmail
> in an embedded
> system.  It has no business to.  You might want to
> re-think your
> strategy.  You will need a mail server to relay for
> you mail client.
> 
> Running a smtp server is not that simple.  You don't
> want your
> embedded box to handle bounce or queue messages
> (unless you have
> a large disk).  Even if you can run a smtp server on
> the box, many mail
> servers will reject your messages if your embbedded
> box does not
> have an MX record i.e. being a real mail server
> itself.
> 
> John Daz wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Thanks for your response. Mail is currently sent
> using
> > 
> > the method you mentioned. However, I need to have
> the
> > client look up MX records and automatically find
> smtp
> > servers (the way sendmail does) so users only have
> to
> > specify email addresses instead of smtp servers.
> For
> > example, I want to use the program (or library)
> > something like this:
> > 
> > "sendmail-program busybox at mail.codepoet.org < 
> > report.txt"
> > 
> > to send a report to busybox at mail.codepoet.org. I
> don't
> > want users to specify smtp servers.
> > 
> > Best Regards,
> > John
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- Wim Vinckier <wimpunk at tisnix.be> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>I would rather check the code of a mail client,
> not
> >>a mail server.  You 
> >>only need something like "telnet smtpserver 25"
> and
> >>send the correct 
> >>words to the server to get your mail send...
> unless
> >>I misunderstood your 
> >>question...
> >>
> >>John Daz wrote:
> >>
> >>>Dear Friends,
> >>>This is not directly related to busybox but I
> will
> >>>take the shot anyway. I am working on an linux
> >>>embedded system
> >>>that needs to send reports out via email. Does
> >>
> >>anyone
> >>
> >>>know of any small software package that works
> like
> >>>sendmail? It only has send messages directly to
> >>
> >>email
> >>
> >>>addresses, no relaying or mail recipt is needed.
> >>>
> >>>Thanks,
> >>>John
> >>>
> >>>
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