[Gllug] Postfix -> SMTP

[David Pashley]

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On Tuesday 04 Mar 2003 12:24 pm, Andrew Halliwell wrote:
> And verily, didst Mick Farmer announce to the hordes:
> > Dear Colleagues,
> >
> > I'm running RH 8.0 and think that Postfix (as supplied) is
> > an overkill for my situation.  All my mail is handled by our
> > mail hub, so I only need a simple SMTP solution.  Here's the
> > current setup.
> >
> >      +------+ SMTP +---------+ SMTP +-----+
> >
> >      | Mail |----->| Postfix |----->| Hub |
> >
> >      +------+      +---------+      +-----+
> >
> > How can I get my MUA to send e-mail direct to my hub instead
> > of going via the Postfix daemons?
>
> Erm... Set "smart host" on  "Mail" to point to the ip address of "Hub"?
> Cut postfix out of the loop. If you want to send mail from the redhat box
> too, set "smart host" in postfix and it'll deal with it.
>
> If you want a smaller smtp server, there're alternatives. Check freshmeat.

There is sSMTP. I use it on our firewall. It is in the Debian ssmtp package, 
but I can not find any references to a website in it. You should find it 
either on Freshmeat or Google. 

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David Pashley
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