On Tue, 2004-02-10 at 20:41, Nick Boyce wrote: > Sorry if this is a dumb question ... > > I've just set up a "secure" (you know .. more than usual) Debian system, > and want to arrange things so that it can send mail out when necessary > (in case anything happens that it thinks I should know about) but is > *not* constantly listening for incoming mail. > > Is there a best way of doing this ? You might want to check out ssmtp. ...Murray