On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, David Champion wrote: > On 2002.02.26, in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > "MuttER" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > * Thomas Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [02-26-02 08:32] crowed: > > > On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, David T-G wrote: > > > > The short answer to your question is simply that you need to have an MTA > > > > that will queue up your mail for shipment when you're next on line. Just > > > > about every *NIX comes with sendmail (for better or worse!), and qmail > > > > > > The dreaded sendmail -- I was afraid of that... ;-) > > > > Postfix is easier ...... > > Not really. Sendmail is much easier to set up than it used to be. But > the point is that any of the major MTAs can be configured to queue > outbound mail.
I just came across the useful overview http://www.suse.de/us/support/howto/mailhandling. It discusses mutt (as the client) and sendmail (as the MTA, which is configured by Yast, the Suse configuration program), but mentions exim, smail, and postfix as worthy alternatives. Tom ---- Dr. Thomas Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Birlinghoven Library, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft mobile +49-171-408-5784 Institutszentrum Schloss Birlinghoven work +49-30-8109-9027 53754 Sankt Augustin, Germany fax +49-2241-14-2619
