[ale] Not scanned! Setting up local mail on Ubuntu 16.04

[DJ-Pfulio]

There are guides to setup sending email to an external address.  But
those how-tos are distro specific.  You don't need to run a full MTA to
send msgs to gmail, for example.

Which distro and release?

On 07/28/2018 12:32 PM, Jonathan Meek via Ale wrote:
> Hello folks,
> 
> I am looking at setting up a simple mail server to send mail for knowing
> a backup fails so in my head it would work like so:
> 
> - Backup script runs
> -if it fails, script sends mail to a local mailbox
> -I check the local mailbox and see the failed message
> 
> I would send to an external email address but my understanding this is
> very painful to do setup and deal with due to filters. If I am wrong
> then I am happy to set that up.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Jonathan