On Mon, 8 Apr 2019 14:14:33 +0100 Thomas Pircher <thp+deb...@p5r.uk> wrote:
> Mark Fletcher wrote: > > mutt won't let me go back and edit the subject line. > > Hi Mark, > > FYI, mutt does allow you to change the Subject line, in the Compose > Menu, just before sending the mail. > > > Short version: Is it reasonable to expect a piece of software to exist > > that establishes a direct connection to a "remote" MTA and delivers mail > > there for delivery, without also offering up mail reception > > capabilities? > > Yes, have a look at the dma or nullmailer packages. There used to be > more of these programs in Debian (ssmtp, for example), but on my system > (Buster) only those two seem to have survived. > > You could also use one of the big MTAs and configure them to listen to > local connections only, and/or block the SMTP ports with a firewall, but > both dma and nullmailer do their job just fine. Besides, they are much > simpler to configure. The simplified SMTP agents may be simpler to configure, but their functionality is lacking. Here are some of the issues I've run into: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=917932 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=662960 I don't remember why I didn't wind up using with nullmailer. I eventually just gave up and configured postfix. Celejar