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RE: ***[Possible UCE]*** RE: Is Cygwin cron supposed to send e-mail reports?
- From: "David Christensen" <dpchrist at holgerdanske dot com>
- To: "'Cygwin List'" <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 20:30:51 -0800
- Subject: RE: ***[Possible UCE]*** RE: Is Cygwin cron supposed to send e-mail reports?
Pierre A. Humblet wrote:
> Regarding telnet on port 25, that must be a local issue. Until you
> can get {Windows,Cygwin} telnet ... 25 to connect, there is little
> sense trying a mailer.
I agree.
I also realized that port 25 on the Windows Firewall exception for port 25
should be irrelevant to this issue -- Windows Firewall is only supposed to
filter incoming connections, not ongoing connections. (Right?)
Pierre A. Humblet wrote:
> ssmtp is available from the Cygwin setup.exe, in the mail category.
Harig, Mark wrote:
> You should be able to find the 'ssmtp' package using setup.exe.
> It is in the Mail category.
Both my setup.exe and package lists are stale. So, it's time for a wipe/ fresh
install cycle. Maybe that will fix things.
David
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