Re: Configuring FreeBSD 6.2 to use sendmail for sending only

In response to L Goodwin <xrayv19@xxxxxxxxx>:

--- Bill Moran <wmoran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

L Goodwin <xrayv19@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Chuck, I'd prefer to have the script handle the
mailing so I can test the script (with email
send)
manually, independent of cron.

Why? What is your reason for overcomplicating this
task by refusing
to use the facilities built into the system?

Still looking for specifics on setting this up and
a
bourne shell script example that sends an email.
Thanks!

Use mail(1). That's what it's there for.
Huh? I want to use cron to run the script, but want
more control over when and where email gets sent. The
business reasons are sound. Anyway, a script that
sends email is not complicated, so how can I be
overcomplicating anything?

Two lines of code vs. 1 line is overcomplicated.

While your description of the reasons is somewhat vague, I still feel
that cron's internal mailer can handle the chore. What control over
who gets the mail do you need that can't be accomplished either by
setting an env variable in the crontab, or by adding aliases to
sendmail's config?

Also, recent posts to freebsd-questions on the subject
of sending email from cron seemed to favor having the
script handle the mailing instead of cron.

I haven't seen those mails, and can't comment on them.

Anyway, I
do not want the client to receive an email if the
backup fails.

Then don't send the mail to the client, just change who it goes to:
MAILTO=someone_not_the_client@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Bill, I'm just trying to figure stuff out here. I'm
sorry if my ignorance offends you.
I don't know how others feel about it, but I'd prefer
not to get negative, condescending replies to my
sincerely aimed questions. After all, this is a forum
for questions, isn't it?

Please don't mistake terseness for "condescending". I didn't feel I
was being condescending, and did not intend to be. What I did was:
a) Comment that I feel you're taking the wrong approach to solving
your problem.
b) Give you a direct answer.

What more could you ask for? I apologize if my language implied a
negative tone. It was not intended that way.

--
Bill Moran
http://www.potentialtech.com
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