[imp] SMTP vs. Sendmail

[Oliver Schulze L.]

Hi Ben,
ssmtp will not interfere with sendmail.
Think of ssmtp this way: "a program to sent emails via SMTP. Nothing more"
Or, this way: "a program to sent email via SMTP from IMP only"

So, you can install ssmtp with no fear of makin any problem to your 
sendmail
configuration.

What you should have care is if you install the .rpm version of ssmtp.
The problem is that the .rpm of ssmtp overwrite your copy of 
/usr/sbin/sendmail
with a link to /usr/sbin/ssmtp.

So, do this to install the .rpm:
# /etc/init.d/sendmail stop
# cd /usr/sbin
# mv sendmail sendmail.tmp
# rpm -ivh ssmtp*rpm --nodeps
# mv -f sendmail.tmp sendmail
# /etc/init.d/sendmail start

That's what I do to have a running mailserver and IMP installed and 
configured to sent
every email making a SMTP conecction to my mailserver.

Regards
Oliver

Ben Lovett wrote:

> Oliver,
> 
> This machine already has an smtp server on it (Postfix).. I would not
> like to have to install a secondary smtp server if at all possible..
> 
> Although, currently Horde and IMP have become low on my priority list
> since Apache keeps crashing on me whenever trying to access imp ;(
> Looking into it, but I'm thinking its time for a reinstall of the OS
> :(((
> 
> -ben
> 
> I believe I saw Oliver Schulze L. (oliver@samera.com.py) write this:
> 
>> You have to install ssmtp.
>> Then, configure IMP to use ssmtp instead of sendmail.
>> 
>> Here is a copy of the email found in this list:
>> Hi Chuck,
>> I think the ssmtp option is very smart.
>> 
>> I have searched in freshmeat.net but could find it there, so I searched 
>> the redhat contrib and found
>> one in:
>> http://download.sourceforge.net/pub/mirrors/redhat/contrib/libc6/i386/ssmtp-2.38-1.i386.rpm
>> 
>> This .rpm has a link in:
>> /usr/sbin/sendmail -> /usr/sbin/ssmtp
>> so I have to move /usr/sbin/sendmail temporarily to install it because 
>> the machine where
>> IMP run is also a mailserver.
>> 
>> Should I configure only /horde/imp/config/defaults.php3 for the path to 
>> ssmtp instead of sendmail?
>> Or should I have a link like:
>> /tmp/sendmail -> /usr/sbin/ssmtp
>> to make it work?
>> 
>> 
>> Many thanks for the ssmtp hint.
>> 
>> 
>> Regards
>> Oliver
>> 
>> 
>> Ben Lovett wrote:
>> 
>>> Hey all,
>>> 
>>> I'm back with a question about using SMTP transactions versus piping the
>>> message directly into sendmail.  Could somebody give me a hint as to
>>> what file I would need to modify in order to get IMP 2.2.5-cvs to do
>>> this.  I believe I saw this capability in HEAD, but I may be mistaken.
>>> 
>>> TIA
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Oliver Schulze L.
>> oliver@samera.com.py
>> Asuncion-Paraguay
>> 
>> 
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Oliver Schulze L.
oliver@samera.com.py
Asuncion-Paraguay