Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 03/28/07 10:06, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>> What I don't think is optimal is to redirect *all* your mails > >>> through an MTA like exim/postfix/... just to do some filtering. > >>> Getmail can do this on its own just fine (well not the actual > >>> filtering, but then neither does exim/postfix), no need for the > >>> added complexity. > >> Why not? The MTA is already installed, so why not use it for it's > >> designed purpose, including relaying outbound mail? > > ^^^^^^^^ > > I thought we were talking about inbound mail. I'm sending my mail > > just fine using postfix. > > As am I. > > The point is: I've already installed an MTA, why not use it to it's > fullest? > > Stated differently: using getmail to do spam filtering is a good > idea if you did *not* install a full-featured MTA, but why use > getmail to do something that postfix can do, when postfix is already > installed?
Obviously our opinions differ on this one, so let's leave it at this. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
