BackupPC-users

Re: [BackupPC-users] Testing the mail function from BackupPC

2010-01-28 09:02:02
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Testing the mail function from BackupPC
From: Les Mikesell <lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com>
To: sorin.srbu AT orgfarm.uu DOT se, "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:37:47 -0600
Sorin Srbu wrote:
> 
> The problem *now* is that /bin/mail doesn't understand the "-t" switch. As I 
> mentioned, I can't find anything about this t parameter in man mail, but in 
> the /usr/bin/BackupPC_SendEmail script  the t parameter is mentioned as 
> something that " -t  display the emails that would be sent, without sending 
> them".
> 
> To me this is rather cryptic, and I don't quite understand the why's, what's 
> and where's of this alluring "-t" and how I fix this.

Did you perhaps set SendmailPath to mail instead of /usr/sbin/sendmail?  -t is 
a 
flag to sendmail that says the To:/From: headers are already in the input.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com


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