* Nate Johnston ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010813 05:34]:
> Suresh Ramasubramanian spake thus: (Sat, Aug 11, 2001 at 07:51:11AM +0530)
>
> > Nate Johnston [mutt-users] <10/08/01 14:51 -0500>:
> > > I am running mutt, but I do not want to submit my mail to the running
> > > Sendmail daemon for reliability reasons. I am looking for a utility
> >
> > Erm, how (un)reliable is sendmail? Especially newer versions (current: 8.11.5)
> > of sendmail?
>
> My issue is not with sendmail, per se, but with a new set of policies
> that have been implemented locally. Redirecting all mail from the Unix
> host to a Windows NT machine to be virus and "content" screened is a
> decision I disagree with. And seeing as that screening server has
> already had three significant downtimes in the past month I'd like to
> bypass it altogether.
Before you spend a lot of time and energy downloading and compiling
something of your own, make sure you check whether it will work by
attempting an outgoing connection to port 25 (of any reliable smtp
server). If the policy is to redirect all mail to a screening host, I'd
be surprised if there wasn't a firewall rule to enforce that policy by
disallowing outgoing connections to port 25.
Cheers,
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