X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~mdw/git/disorder/blobdiff_plain/b0a578cbad5b994e163de90e7ee91b423dba30fa..858805c3c89075418cfd7260b6897a5ba9b6a024:/README diff --git a/README b/README index d9bdde9..8aa4ccd 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -204,9 +204,15 @@ You need to configure a number of things to make this work: mail_sender webmaster@example.com - By default the web interface sends mail by connecting to the SMTP port of - 127.0.0.1. You can override this with the smtp_server directive, for - exampler: + By default the web interface sends mail via the system sendmail executable + (typically /usr/sbin/sendmail or /usr/lib/sendmail). You can override this + with the sendmail directive, for example: + + sendmail /usr/sbin/my-sendmail + + The executable you choose must support the -bs option. Alternatively you + can tell it to connect to an SMTP server via TCP, with the smtp_server + directive. For example: smtp_server mail.example.com