Re: [BackupPC-users] Email Notifications - Via another MTA rather than sendmail

[ken <ke...@go...>]

> On 07/10 01:28 , Ken Gregoire wrote:
>> Is there a way to setup backuppc to use a different MTA (email system)
>> where it has to provide a url, username and password to send email
>> notifications.  I don't have sendmail on the backuppc system and would
>> like backuppc to send email notifications via a standard email system.
>
> what MTA do you have installed?
> btw, sendmail *is* the "standard" for mail systems. :)
>
> if you mean that you don't have an MTA installed at all; look into one of
> the send-only MTAs out there, like nullmailer(+debian patches), or similar
> ones (can't think of the names right now; they all suck compared to
> nullmailer once the debian patches have been added to it). do a freshmeat
> search, you'll find many.
>
I use qmail on fedora.  I would like to be able to use a username/password
to send mail and I cannot find where you would enter the password in
backuppc, or if it is possible.  Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.
Cheers!
Ken