12021/00/31 04:49.41 ನಲ್ಲಿ, José María Mateos <ch...@rinzewind.org> ಬರೆದರು: > > On Mon, Feb 01, 2021 at 06:32:41AM -0800, Andrew Marks wrote: > >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. > > I was thinking about this. I have offlineimap running, so I have a local > copy of all my mail, but the SMTP connection still goes through my mail > provider, not locally. While I can appreciate the increase in speed that > a local rely can offer, I wonder if it doesn't add another layer of > complexity as I would have to be monitoring the logs to make sure the > e-mail was actually sent. How does it work when the remote e-mail server > is not available or it returns some kind of error. Can one receive local > messages that notify of a problem? > > So far I like my current solution because it avoid this: sending an > e-mail takes a few seconds (very few, 2 - 3 tops) but when the process > is done on mutt I know the remote server has the e-mail. > > Cheers, > > -- > José María (Chema) Mateos || https://rinzewind.org
I tend to think similarly. It's okay if receiving emails is a bit delayed or runs into problems, but sending emails might well be time-sensitive, and I _need_ to know that it went through (or get immediate feedback if it fails). - Chiraag -- ಚಿರಾಗ್ ನಟರಾಜ್ Pronouns: he/him/his
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