Home file server - looking for ULTRA BASIC mail agent

[bvidinli]

i suggest ehcp (Easy Hosting Control Panel for Ubuntu)
for all hosting and email needs...
lightweight and simple...

www.ehcp.net

On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 12:35 AM, Jorge Armando Medina
<jmedina at e-compugraf.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday 13 January 2009 14:29:59 Greg Michalski wrote:
>> I'm running 8.10 server as a home file and print server.  I'm looking for
>> the most basic of mail transfer agents capable of handling the sending of
>> routine reports and status information scheduled through cron via email to
>> an account on my ISP and don't want or need a full fledged, resource
>> hogging mail server.  Therefore during install I only selected Print
>> server, Samba File server and OpenSSH server (for headless administration).
>>  Now I'd like to have the ability to have remote knowledge of some system
>> stats when I'm not around to SSH in and check on things myself.  I don't
>> need to receive any emails on the server - only send things out.
>>
>
> I use postfix for that, sending throught gmail using SMTP-AUTH en SSL/TLS, I
> have a howto about that (in spanish) that you use:
>
> http://tuxjm.net/2008/11/26/postfix_como_enviar_correo_a_traves_de_un_servidor_externo_usando_sasl_y_tls/
>
>> Browsing through the Ubuntu packages list, sSMTP looks like a good
>> solution. Does anyone have experience with it and am I right in my
>> interpretation of the description here :
>> http://www.linux.com/feature/132006 in reading that it meets my needs
>> stated above?  It reads like it's very easy to setup and in effect I only
>> have a single user.
>>
>> Any comments/suggestions/flaming appreciated. :)
>>
>> Greg
>> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury,
>> and ammo. Please use in that order." - Ed Howdershelt (Author)
>>
>> www.distinctperspectives.com
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