I think that's a good idea, I'll see what I can do to get a patch that adds that functionality. On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 9:11 AM, Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 07:47:07AM -0600, Caleb Anthony wrote: >> >From what I understand about Mail::Mailer (maybe incorrectly!), in >> order to use the SMTP functionality, you have to be running an SMTP >> server on the same server as ldirectord. That isn't an option in our >> organization, so I had to add the ability to use an external SMTP >> server. >> >> Am I wrong about Mail::Mailer? Can it use an SMTP server other than >> one on the server that ldirectord is also running on? > > Sorry, I was a bit confused. > > I think that Mail::Mailer can probably do what you are after, > but the current ldirectord code uses Mail::Send, which does > not apper to be able to access an SMTP server. > > With regards to the patch, I think that it might be nice > to arrance things such that there are two functions, > one whcih contains the existing Mail::Send code, including > the call to "use Mail::Send;". One that includes your new code, > including any calls to use or require. And have ld_emailalert_send() > call one of these functions depending on if $SMTP is set or not. > > -- > Simon Horman > VA Linux Systems Japan K.K. Satellite Lab in Sydney, Australia > H: www.vergenet.net/~horms/ W: www.valinux.co.jp/en > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe lvs-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
