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I want to implement the sending mail function on my openwrt，that is I need to install
a software which is similar as the Sendmail.But I found there is only a package called
mini_sendmail.It need a smtp server or something else to work,and that's not i want.
it seems very tough to build Sendmail by oneself.
anyone has experience about this or some idea on this issue?
thanks very much if there is anyone can help.
Hmm, Sendmail or any other full featured MTA is pretty heavy stuff for a router. I think you will be better off with something lighter and relay mail to some smtp server. I pretty much like msmtp.
"you should search before u ask"
I forget it just now
I　get ssmtp after searching,and i think it's the very sw i need.
Hmm, Sendmail or any other full featured MTA is pretty heavy stuff for a router. I think you will be better off with something lighter and relay mail to some smtp server. I pretty much like msmtp.
i'll check it what you recommend .thank u for ur reply . : )
I have Xmail running and made a trick to use sendmail with that, For now am travelling but will update you when I get home, For personal mailboxes in my family it works fine also i have a webmail solution installed so mail can be read when you are traveling.
Rgds. Margate
I have Xmail running and made a trick to use sendmail with that, For now am travelling but will update you when I get home, For personal mailboxes in my family it works fine also i have a webmail solution installed so mail can be read when you are traveling.
Rgds. Margate
so kind of u
i'll be waiting
Hi giggham
I did this
Installed xmail, it will put executables in /usr/bin and MailRoot in /tmp
I then copied MailRoot to my stick
cd /tmp
cp -rp MailRoot /www/
I created the start script XMail in /etc/init.d/ with the following - you should edit XMAIL_ROOT variable
#!/bin/sh
#
# skeleton example file to build /etc/init.d/ scripts.
# This file should be used to construct scripts for
#/etc/init.d.
#
# Written by Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl>.
# Modified by Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org>
#
# Version: @(#)skeleton 1.8 03-Mar-1998 miquels@cistron.nl
#
XMAIL_ROOT=/www/MailRoot
XMAIL_CMD_LINE="-SX 1 -Qn 1 -Yt 1 -Ln 1 -PX 1 -CX 1 -Pl -Sl -Ql -Ll -Yl -Yi 600"
DAEMON=/usr/bin/XMail
NAME=XMail
DESC="XMail server"
echo $DAEMON
test -f $DAEMON || exit 0
set -e
ulimit -c 10000
start_xmail() {
MAIL_ROOT=$XMAIL_ROOT
export MAIL_ROOT
MAIL_CMD_LINE=$XMAIL_CMD_LINE
export MAIL_CMD_LINE
$DAEMON
while [ ! -f /var/run/$NAME.pid ]
do
sleep 1
done
}
stop_xmail() {
if [ -f /var/run/$NAME.pid ]
then
echo `date` > $XMAIL_ROOT/.shutdown
kill `cat /var/run/$NAME.pid`
sleep 1
#while [ -f $XMAIL_ROOT/.shutdown ]
#do
# sleep 1
#done
fi
}
case "$1" in
start)
echo -n "Starting $DESC: "
start_xmail
echo "$NAME.[" `cat /var/run/$NAME.pid` "]"
;;
stop)
echo -n "Stopping $DESC: "
stop_xmail
echo "$NAME."
;;
restart|force-reload)
echo -n "Restarting $DESC: "
stop_xmail
sleep 1
start_xmail
echo "$NAME.[" `cat /var/run/$NAME.pid` "]"
;;
*)
N=/opt/etc/init.d/Xmail
echo "Usage: $N {start|stop|restart|force-reload}" >&2
exit 1
;;
esac
exit 0
create MailRoot/ctrlaccounts.tab
cd <MailRoot directory>
XMCrypt <The password you like for admin account>
vi ctrlaccounts.tab and insert one line with the username<tab>output from above line
start Xmail with /etc/init.d/Xmail start - first time will take some time because Xmail will create a spool structure in MailRoot/spool directory
sendmail there comes with Xmail need MAIL_ROOT variable so i did the following
mv /usr/bin/sendmail /www/MailRoot/bin/sendmail.org
created /www/MailRoot/bin/sendmail.xmail.sh with the following
#!/bin/sh
export DEFAULT_DOMAIN="domain.org"
if [ -z $MAIL_ROOT ]; then
export MAIL_ROOT=/www/MailRoot
fi
$PWD/sendmail.org $*
chmod +x /www/MailRoot/bin/sendmail.xmail.sh
ln -s /www/MailRoot/sendmail.xmail.sh /usr/bin/sendmail
you should now me able to use sendmail the normal way
eg. sendmail -s xxx@yyy.zzz
enter some text and press ctrl D
I order to configure Xmail with domains and users i advice you to install phpxmail 1.5, find it here http://phpxmail.sourceforge.net/
If you want Webmail i recommend http://www.telaen.org/, but use sendmail when you configure it as smtp access will take a little time if you configure the spam filter,
If you want outlook skin I have this working on OpenWrt
http://tdah.us/index.php?option=com_doc … ;Itemid=27
Rgds Margate
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