I need an email server, or something

[David A. Bandel]

On 10/19/07, Michael Hipp <Michael at hipp.com> wrote:
> I support Linux servers scattered hither and yon. I'd like for them to
> send me various emails when bad things happen or to report on this or that.
>
> Problem is, many of them are served by ISPs whose smtp server requires
> authentication. I often do not have access to the login credentials. I
> don't want to store login credentials for my own email server on these
> servers owned by clients (and not under my physical control).
> Additionally, lots of these ISPs block outbound port 25.

1.  Put up an e-mail server, use a non-standard port (like 8025), have
them e-mail directly to you on that port (part of your script).

2.  Use the submissions port on your server and only accept from those
IPs  (so spammers can't take advantage).

3.  Forget e-mail and just stream the data to a server of yours.
Along those same lines, have the other server just do FTP to your
server.

There are more ways, but this should give you some food for thought.


>
> Any ideas on how I can get my servers to send me things?
>
> Is there an email server somewhere I can use?
>
> Surely I'm not the first to bump up against this.
>
> Perplexed in Arkansas,
> Michael

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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