i've just installed fresh gentoo 1.4_rc1 (x86). after i run cron i'm getting such mesgs on the console: sendmail: can't open the smtp port (25) on mail i couldn't find any info how to configure ssmtp (this one is installed by default) to deliver local mail (cron->root, mailfilter->user, etc.). not mentioned in user docs, not much about configuring it in the man page. no starting scripts for local server either :( i don't want to use sendmail or postfix (which is described in Desktop HOWTO on gentoo.org), because i'm not going to setup mailserver on my box. all i need is working local-delivery-mail-system. i think it should be configured by the system, but some decumetation will do for a while. i've decided to submit this as a bug, since it's core system feature, and it does not work from the kick. regards, artb.
Um, ssmtp is not a local mailer; it has no mail delivery agent. It's sole purpose is to send mail from the local machine to a mailhub that is running a real mail transfer / mail delivery agent. It won't work at all out of the box, since it doesn't know where to send the mail (unless your local mailhub happens to be called "mail"). Take a look at /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf.
