On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 11:11:59AM -0400, Randy Kramer wrote: > On Tuesday 14 April 2009 10:48:17 am Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > Why would somebody need an MTA for a (normal) desktop? > > Why should every user specify an outgoing SMTP server? > > Why should every MUA implement the functionality of an MTA? > > I'm still procrastinating on my taxes, so I'll respond ;-) > > * I'm fairly certain that the functionality of an MTA is > significantly more than just receiving mail via POP3 and sending it via > SMTP.
mta just sends mail using smtp. it doesn't provide access to remote mailboxes (pop/imap). > * I'm also fairly sure that the resources required by an MUA that can > receive POP3 and send SMTP are usually less than the resources required postfix doesn't take anything besides a bit of memory. if it doesn't do anything it just sleeps and it does something only when sending mail. mk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
