At 02:17 AM 2/15/2004, AG you wrote: >I didn't want to send this to the whole [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list, >but when I googled for "cygwin sendmail" Brian's email asking why >in the world anyone would want to run sendmail on cygwin came up >first. > >Here's why I am interested: > >(0) I am *not* interested in running a production mail server >under CYGWIN > >(1) I want to use CYGWIN to allow me to use NMH to read email >on my TabletPC running Windows XP TabletPC edition - and to finally >allow me to get off Microsoft Outlook. > >I want to read email on my TabletPC because, well, I *like* the TabletPC >even if it is not UNIX. And Linux does not yet run on the TabletPC and >preserve many of the useful TabletPC features. > >(By the way, I do not want to run NMH on VMware on my TabletPC >because I have run VMware, in the past, and find that VMware is much >more of a hassle than CYGWIN.) > >NMH can be configured to send email directly to an SMTP server, >but this is not sufficient to meet my needs > a) this is a TabletPC, a mobile device, which frequently is not > connected. I.e. outgoing mail needs to be queued and sent > later when the outgoing SMTP server is accessible. > b) I need to route email selectively: my company mail is not > supposed to go through my personal, non-company, ISP, > and vice versa. > >In my limited understanding I require more than just connecting >to an SMTP server; I need a mail transport agent that can queue >outgoing mail for several different outgoing mail servers. > > >Why SendMail? Yes, I know just how horrible sendmail is. >I welcome advice on alternatives, such as exim or ssmtp. > >The main reason I am interested in using SendMail on CYGWIN >with NMH is that NMH already has support for talking to SendMail: >in /usr/local/nmh/mts.conf, you can just say "SendMail", and it is >supposed to work. > >Yes, that leaves the ugly job of doing a sendmail.cf; >but my configuration is simple enough that I can crib most of >it. > >Now, I have never used ssmtp or exim. Are they really drop in replacements >for sendmail from the commandline / protocol level? (Not from the >sendmail.cf file level.) > >I.e. if I configure NMH by putting the path to exim in the SendMail entry in mts.conf, >will it just work?
Sounds to me like you want to read up on exim <http://www.exim.org/> to see what it can do and if it will work for you. Discussion of exim's capabilities compared to sendmail is really off-topic for this list. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
