[NTLUG:Discuss] Configuring emailed reports

[Rick Matthews]

Rev. wRy wrote:

> Why not just point the system mail to use an external address in 
> /etc/aliases?  ie - if the system mail is going to root, have an alias 
> set up for root pointing to an external account:
> 
> # Person who should get root's mail
> root:           someaccount at someisp.com

Thanks to both you and Jay for your quick responses!

> # Person who should get root's mail
> root:           someaccount at someisp.com

That makes perfect sense to me, but where do I tell it to use
<smtp.someisp.com>? Where do I store the userid and password needed 
for smtp authentication?

Rick