On Mon, Feb 01, 2021 at 06:32:41AM -0800, Andrew Marks wrote: > On Sun, Jan 31, 2021 at 09:06:23AM +0100, Claus Assmann wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 31, 2021, Chinmaya Nagpal wrote: > > > > > I have a similar setup as yours, except I use the built-in SMTP. What > > > advantages are there to using an external sendmail program? > > Primarily speed, not waiting for mutt to establish an SMTP connection > and authenticate to a remote MTA. The mail is sent to the local MTA > instantly, and the local MTA is working to relay the mail appropriately > while I continue working in mutt. > > > > > Queueing. > > Yes, similar to the behavior of some GUI mail clients, your > online/offline use of mutt would be identical, you wouldn't have to save > messages as draft if you were offline, just send them out and the local > MTA will handle the queue, relaying when internet becomes available.
Thank you both!
