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diff --git a/network/opensmtpd/README.alpine b/network/opensmtpd/README.alpine new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e1d149b683 --- /dev/null +++ b/network/opensmtpd/README.alpine @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ + +Alpine hangs when sending mail using the opensmtp sendmail command and +the opensmtpd server is down. + +To prevent this, modify the /etc/pine.conf or the user .pinerc to +send the mail directly to the server instead of using the +opensmtpd sendmail command: + + smtp-server=localhost + +If the OpenSMTPD server is down, then alpine will indicate that +the localhost has refused the connection. + +Or modify the sendmail command to have the -t option: + + sendmail-path=/usr/sbin/sendmail -t + +And if the OpenSMTPD server is down, then alpine will indicate that +the sendmail command has gotten an error. + + |