On Mar 21, 2014, at 5:02 PM, Erik P. Olsen <epodata AT gmail DOT com> wrote:

> On 21/03/14 12:24, Gary R. Schmidt wrote:
>> On 21/03/2014 6:01 AM, Erik P. Olsen wrote:
>> [SNIP]
>>>
>>> That was my first thought so I booted my old fedora 16 system which happen 
>>> to
>>> send the messages correctly with exactly the same messages directive and 
>>> there
>>> it works. So bsmtp IS the smtp server, I just have to find out why it won't
>>> connect to localhost. Maybe it's a firewall problem or the wrong port. Or 
>>> simply
>>> a bug.
>>>
>> Sigh.
>>
>> The "bsmtp" program is *not* an SMTP server.
>>
>> Go RTFM - "man bsmtp".
>>
>> You need to point bsmtp at a functioning SMTP server.
>>
>> Presumably your old system had such an SMTP server, i.e. "localhost".
>>
>
> Thanks for kicking my butt. Yes, you are absolutely right. I checked my old
> system and I am very reluctant to admit that it actually does have sendmail up
> and running. What now nags me is that I don't remember having set it up. 
> Getting
> older your RAM starts deteriorating :-(
>
The default for all Linux and Unix was in the past to install sendmail or 
postfix (limited to localhost). Dunno if that might have changed in the latest 
versions of Fedora. There are lots of things that expect to send notifications 
via email, so it makes sense to always have the server installed and 
operational.


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