[ale] Setting up local mail on Ubuntu 16.04

[Jonathan Meek via Ale]

Hello folks,

I am looking at setting up a simple mail server to send mail for knowing a
backup fails so in my head it would work like so:

- Backup script runs
-if it fails, script sends mail to a local mailbox
-I check the local mailbox and see the failed message

I would send to an external email address but my understanding this is very
painful to do setup and deal with due to filters. If I am wrong then I am
happy to set that up.

Thanks in advance,

Jonathan

[DJ-Pfulio via Ale]

There are guides to setup sending email to an external address. But
those how-tos are distro specific. You don't need to run a full MTA to
send msgs to gmail, for example.

Which distro and release?

Post by Jonathan Meek via Ale
Hello folks,
I am looking at setting up a simple mail server to send mail for knowing
- Backup script runs
-if it fails, script sends mail to a local mailbox
-I check the local mailbox and see the failed message
I would send to an external email address but my understanding this is
very painful to do setup and deal with due to filters. If I am wrong
then I am happy to set that up.
Thanks in advance,
Jonathan

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[Pete Hardie via Ale]

It's not too terribly hard to write a program that will send mail to Gmail,
and (I presume) the other webmail providers. You'd need to get a
authorization key set up, but that's also not terrible.

Post by Jonathan Meek via Ale
Hello folks,
I am looking at setting up a simple mail server to send mail for knowing a
- Backup script runs
-if it fails, script sends mail to a local mailbox
-I check the local mailbox and see the failed message
I would send to an external email address but my understanding this is
very painful to do setup and deal with due to filters. If I am wrong then I
am happy to set that up.
Thanks in advance,
Jonathan
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[Phil Turmel via Ale]

I use msmtp to divert local mail in a server to the main domain
mailserver. The main domain is set up with a "slavemail" user that
the other servers submit under, and that user has permission to submit

Post by Jonathan Meek via Ale
Hello folks,
I am looking at setting up a simple mail server to send mail for knowing
- Backup script runs
-if it fails, script sends mail to a local mailbox
-I check the local mailbox and see the failed message
I would send to an external email address but my understanding this is
very painful to do setup and deal with due to filters. If I am wrong
then I am happy to set that up.
Thanks in advance,

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