On Mon, 06 Feb 2006 15:49:12 +0100, Johan Lindquist wrote:

snip...
>> For the moment, though, I do not get email. Even after emerging mailx I
>> still get nothing. Something's wrong with sendmail.
>
> Something's wrong with your email setup, most likely.
>
Most definitely!

>> 09:00:06 [sSMTP] Unable to locate mail Feb 6 09:00:06 [sSMTP] Cannot
>> open mail:25
>
> Apparently you are (or the default config is) telling ssmtp (the default
> email package you'll get if you don't install another one to replace it,
> if I recall) that your mail server is called 'mail'. If it's not, fix
> that. If you don't have one, install a mail server package locally.

Well, I don't have a mail server. I just expected the mail to go to
/var/spool/mail/peter/mbox.

I looked for sendmail documentation, but there was none. Do I need to use
localhost?

Any docs you could refer me to is appreciated.

Thanks for the PORTAGE_NICENESS tip. I'll put that in.