[Koha] Error adding patron

[Rick Welykochy]

Krishnan Mani wrote:

> When trying to add a patron, i get an error screen which reads like...
> 
> |can't find an executable sendmail at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Letters.pm line 21
> 
> and so on.
> |
> 
> i was assuming i'd just use postfix in place of sendmail, but it looks 
> like this module needs sendmail and only sendmail. Is that right?

Correct. The Letters.pm module uses MIME::Lite which in turn
*might* call on the services of sendmail.

The Letter.pm modules itself uses Mail::Sendmail to send the mail
instead of the sendmail program, so sendmail should not be required.

Sounds like an unintended consequence of installing MIME::Lite. Perhaps
there is a configuration option in MIME::Lite that can change the
default outgoing email program to something else, like postfix.


> The error disappears when i install sendmail.
> 
> i wanted to think twice before installing sendmail on my internet 
> server, because of its known vulnerabilities. Some more information: 

The vulnerabilities for the most part (?) concern using sendmail
as an mail server.

Don't run sendmail as an incoming mail server and I think your chances
of an exploit are astronomically reduced. You (or Koha) can just use
it to send emails, not receive them.


cheers
rickw



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