On Monday 17 November 2008, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 11/16/08 23:51, Hal Vaughan wrote: > > On Monday 17 November 2008, Ron Johnson wrote: > > ... > > > >>> Fetchmail pulls it in to a server from the ISP. I thought about > >>> something like ssmtp that would send the email from each system > >>> to that server, but there are reasons I wanted to just pull it > >>> from each machine. I guess I could still change my mind on that > >>> one. > >> > >> Having the "some systems" route their email to the mail server > >> certainly is the standard solution. But if there's some odd but > >> overriding reason to keep them off the mail server, then for the > >> sake of consistency I'd use the same MTA on the "some systems" as > >> I do on the mail server. > >> > >> That, though, seems that it would only be a valid strategy if the > >> "some systems" generated *highly* confidential emails, and I don't > >> think that mdadm generates highly confidential emails. Anyway, > >> highly confidential emails should be encrypted. > > > > Well, mdadm does get pretty racy with some of those scans and > > tests... > > > > Seriously, the reason I've been thinking about keeping the mail on > > the sending system is to make reference easier -- in case the mail > > server goes wrong or something. In the past it seems like things > > go wrong in bunches, so I've started to plan for multiple failures > > when I'm setting things up. If the messages stay on the > > originating system until KMail picks them up, then there's no > > chance of them getting lost on a 3rd system. > > The standard answer would be "fix your mail server". But you > probably thought of that...
If it's my business system, the mail server gets fixed SECOND. The business system has a lot of work it can do without need of anything the main LAN server provides. > >>>> -- > >>>> Ron Johnson, Jr. > >>>> Jefferson LA USA > >>>> > >>>> If you don't agree with me, you are worse than Hitler!!! > >>> > >>> You mean there are people who agree with you?!? > >> > >> Only those who are right-minded... > > > > You misspelled Reich. > > Why should I care about the 22nd U.S. Secretary of Labor? Besides, > short people have no reason to live. Ah, there's the cantankerous Ron we all know and tolerate! ;-) Hal
