Anyone know a VERY simple smtp server for linux?

Rails
1

I dont have smpt details of my ISP and i’d like to setup a mail server
on my local machine while I test my rails app (actionmailer).

What is the simplest and easiest smtp mail server to setup on SUSE 10?
I’m not an advanced Linux user, so it needs to be very simple and easy
to setup.

Thanks
Chris

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On 9/10/06, Chris [email protected] wrote:

What is the simplest and easiest smtp mail server to setup on SUSE 10?

You probably already have one running :slight_smile:

Try ‘netstat -a | grep smtp’

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Hassan S. ------------------------ [email protected]

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Do I? im not sure.

netstat -a | grep smtp
tcp 0 0 localhost:smtp :
LISTEN
tcp 0 0 localhost:smtp :
LISTEN
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 12702 private/bsmtp
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 12646 private/smtp

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Chris wrote:

Do I? im not sure.

netstat -a | grep smtp
tcp 0 0 localhost:smtp :
LISTEN
tcp 0 0 localhost:smtp :
LISTEN
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 12702 private/bsmtp
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 12646 private/smtp

You do. To disperse your doubts, you can also try

telnet localhost smtp

5

postfix ?

6

dumber wrote:

postfix ?

so how do I send an email?

Thanks
Chris

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I dont have smpt details of my ISP and i’d like to setup a mail server
on my local machine while I test my rails app (actionmailer).

What is the simplest and easiest smtp mail server to setup on SUSE 10?
I’m not an advanced Linux user, so it needs to be very simple and easy
to setup.

I thought the default e-mail server for SUSE is postfix. Configuring is
quite straight forward, via YaST. Simply click network services, then
Mail Transfer Agent, then follow the prompts.

You indicate that you don’t know your ISP’s mail info. Why not? The
simplest and easiest way to get things working is to configure your MTA
as a smart host that simply forwards to your ISP. Let them do the heavy
lifting for you.

Regards,
Rich