Description of problem: tried to send email as follows: (in mageia) []$ env MAILRC=/dev/null from=maarten.vanraes@gmail.com host=10.238.9.1 mail -s "pubkey for alien" -a .ssh/id_dsa.pub -r maarten.vanraes@gmail.com dest@recipient.org < <( echo "here is pubkey for alien." ) sendmail not installed, email not sent i guess it uses sendmail internally, but postfix wasn't installed? is there a requirement missing? (or suggests?) Reproducible: Steps to Reproduce:
after installing postfix: postdrop: unable to look up public/pickup
postfix installation seemed to restart "system logger", but not postfix, i had to start postfix to make the sending email work...
nail can also use smtp, so I don't think a dependency is required.
i had to set relayhost, and after that, it worked. but, i thought mail with host= environment variable should use smtp directly? @boklm: i was using mail (mailx) not nail
So it was just a config problem ?
Status: NEW => RESOLVEDCC: (none) => boklmResolution: (none) => INVALID
well, i don't know: A. [bug?] postfix wasn't installed (even though mail is) B. [bug?] postfix after installation restarts "system logger", while i think it should restart postfix, not system logger C. i configured postfix D. maybe mail can be used without postfix, but i don't know that...
Which version of "mail" are you talking about ?
the command i used was "mail" when i did "man mail" i got a man page from mailx, so i assume mail is an alias of mailx ?
You say you are not using nail. But nail provides /bin/mail. So if you are not using nail, which one are you using ?
hmm, i see your point, i guess i _am_ using nail; it is confusing though how is nail used with smtp? i followed the man page, but i guess it still used sendmail. perhaps since nail uses sendmail by default, a suggest could be added?
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