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List:       linux-newbie
Subject:    Re: Configuring mail\mailx to use an external smtp server.
From:       "Cristian CHIRILOV" <Cristian.Chirilov () ipsec ! ro>
Date:       2005-02-09 16:33:21
Message-ID: 002c01c50ec5$11dc3ec0$140319ac () atmos
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Hello,

I don't know for sure if it's possible to configure mail/mailx to use an
external SMTP server.

You can use nail instead.

ls -all /usr/bin/mail

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            4 Jan  1  1996 /usr/bin/mail ->
nail*

man nail

smtp Normally, nail invokes sendmail(8) directly  to  transfer messages.
If the smtp variable is set, a SMTP connection  to the server specified
by the value of this variable is used instead. If the SMTP server does
not use the stan-dard port, a value of server:port can be given, with
port  as a name or as a number.

cat ~/.mailrc
set smtp=mail.example.com

bye.


From: "Adam" <adam@luchjenbroers.com>

To: <linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 7:21 AM
Subject: Configuring mail\mailx to use an external smtp server.

>
> I'm trying to configure either mail or mailx to use an external smtp
> server
> (using sendmail locally is not an option).

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