On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 12:43:04AM -0500, P Prince wrote:
| If you're on a workstation, you probably don't need to be [or IMO, shouldn't
| be] running an MTA at all.
You should have an MTA on any unix box. It is needed for local
delivery. For example, if a cron job has a error, you are mailed the
output of the command.
| You can install ssmtp and fetchmail/getmail, and may find that you no longer
| need an MTA at all.
|
| ssmtp is a replacement for sendmail that uses your ISP's smarthost to send all
| mail sent using sendmail -s. This works for mutt, and others.
ssmtp is good, if you don't need local delivery or if you set up
aliases to redirect all mail to your address at your ISP.
-D
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A man of many companions may come to ruin,
but there is a friend that sticks closer than a brother.
Proverbs 18:24
