On Fri, Feb 03, 2017 at 12:11:10AM -0600, rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: > On Thu, February 2, 2017 10:37 pm, sunrise wrote: > > I already had getmail set up but didn't have msmtp installed. > > If exim4 is installed and configured, there is no need for msmtp, unless you > need the profile feature of msmtp which gives you the ability to send > messages through any of a number of smarthosts. > > Some may argue that exim4 is overkill for most users, but the package is > mainstream, proven, and very capable; and, with the script provided by the > Debian maintainer, configuration of exim4 is simple and quick. > ... and if you're on a distribution where Postfix is the standard that's also pretty easy to set up. I personally prefer Postfix from the ease of configuration point of view.
I use Postfix and both send and receive mail using SMTP as my desktop machine is on all the time. Thus I have no need for POP3/IMAP mail collection. -- Chris Green