HOWTO: install syslog-ng

[tiwag]

Ok, so as an alternative to viewing the logs in the web interface I've been trying to set up a way to email alerts and daily syslogs. I can see where to set up at least the alerts w/in syslog-ng but I have no idea how to make the mail part happen. I understand I'll need to connect out to a remote SMTP server (my ISP has one and I know the hostname and authentication pieces), but I'm not sure how to go about making that work. I've installed sendmail and played around with it a bit, but really am too green to figure out how to use it to connect out to a remote SMTP server. Can someone point me in the right direction? I'll be happy to write a HOW-TO once I can get this all figured out.

Thanks!

i've installed successfully and use the package esmtp
it is not an email (or smtp) server but it is a smtp relay client.
with esmtp you can send mails using your already existing email account with any provider which allows smtp

you can install it with "ipkg install esmtp"


then you need to edit the file /opt/etc/esmtprc with your account infos

# /opt/etc/esmtprc
#

identity = username@email.org
hostname = smtphost.email.org:25
username = "username"
password = "password"

after that you can use it like sendmail

example: sending a mail to user@mail.com, note the two "\n\n" before the Message text !!

echo -e "From: me\nTo: user@mail.com\nSubject: test\n\nMessage: hello world" | sendmail user@mail.com