Using Sendmail with MS Exchange
Marcus Nilsson
marcus.nilsson at cannondale.com
Wed Nov 27 12:23:35 CET 2002
Nullmailer works great!
Thanks for the help.
Marcus
Carroll, Jim P [Contractor] wrote:
> You still need to get the mail *off* your *nix host. That will require an
> MTA. By definition, any software designed to move mail from one server to
> another is a Mail Transfer Agent. If your *nix MTA is misconfigured, don't
> expect mail to necessarily start flowing the way you hope. If you're
> conversant in perl, you could write a basic script to redirect your mail
> output directly to your Exchange server. Your perl script then becomes the
> MTA.
>
> Caveat (if you write your own script to pass directly through to another
> server): If you don't write the necessary exception handlers, you could end
> up dropping messages on the floor. So, you can reinvent the wheel, or
> install/configure a proper MTA. ;)
>
> jc
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Marcus Nilsson [mailto:marcus.nilsson at cannondale.com]
>>Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 12:19 PM
>>To: Carroll, Jim P [Contractor]; nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>>Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Using Sendmail with MS Exchange
>>
>>
>>I am not looking for a replacing the MTA, I want to use the exchange
>>server as MTA (not the sendmail installation on localhost). Ill check
>>out these replacements as well though.
>>
>>Marcus
>>
>>Carroll, Jim P [Contractor] wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Perhaps pine can do that, but I was reading the mutt FAQ
>>>
>>last week, and they
>>
>>>explicity say that mutt is an MUA, not an MTA.
>>>
>>>But to save you folks some time, check out these Sendmail
>>>
>>replacements:
>>
>>>mini_sendmail:
>>>http://freshmeat.net/projects/mini_sendmail/?topic_id=28
>>>
>>>nullmailer:
>>>http://freshmeat.net/projects/nullmailer/?topic_id=32
>>>
>>>Hope one of these does the trick for you.
>>>
>>>jc
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: Marcus Nilsson [mailto:marcus.nilsson at cannondale.com]
>>>>Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 11:58 PM
>>>>To: Robertson, Brown; nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>>>>Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Using Sendmail with MS Exchange
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I am having the same problem. I have given up on tweaking sendmail,
>>>>instead im trying to use Mutt for sending mail from command
>>>>line since
>>>>Mutt can use another MTA that localhost. I know that Pine can
>>>>send mail
>>>>
>>>>from command line as well (and I have successfully done so).
>>>
>>>>I know that
>>>>this principle will work but I have not had the time to
>>>>
>>configure it
>>
>>>>yet. Anyone using this way or any other solution involving
>>>>sending mail
>>>>via an exchange server, please share your experiences ;)
>>>>
>>>>/ Marcus
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Robertson, Brown wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I realize this isn?t an explicit Nagios issue, but perhaps
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>due to it?s
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>implicit nature, I can get some help from you pros. I?m
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>trying to use
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>nagios to send notifications using sendmail. My problem is
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>that I need
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>these messages sent to our MS Exchange 2000 server which
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>functions as
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>the companies? major MTA and communications server. Does
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>anyone know any
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>links that might have some tips on how to properly
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>configure sendmail.cf
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>in this configuration? Or are there perhaps any better
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>ideas? Thanks in
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>advance.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Brown Robertson
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
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