Le 18/06/2003 04:58, « rm » <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 21:30, John P Verel wrote: >> On 06/17/03 16:23 -0400, Michael Kalus wrote: >>> >>> Try telnetting to your mailserver on port 25, you can send the message >>> directly, no server on your end involved. It's all plain Text. >> I get this in response to telnet localhost 25: >> >> 220 John.optonline.net ESMTP Sendmail 8.12.8/8.12.8; Tue, 17 Jun 2003 >> 22:27:58 -0400 >> >> I run Sendmail to deliver my mail to my ISP. Does this constitute >> running a server? >> >> John > > Well yeah, technically I guess it does. Although I'm a proponent of > running my own mail server (I prefer qmail), I've got to ask; What do > you gain by running Sendmail, and just dumping it off to your ISP's > smtp? > > Wouldn't it be faster, easier, safer to just use a mail client?
*** Well, one thing you gain that crosses my mind is that you can go on doing your mail even if you're not connected to internet, e.g. ISP downtime, smow connection, you're on your laptop... Sendmail would keep the mail in the queue and send it whenever you're back online. -- Cheers, Zoran. "Home is where you hang your @" -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
