Octavian Rasnita wrote: > Can anyone explain what's the difference between using sendmail and an SMTP > server? > > I am not an expert in MTAs but I think the SMTP server puts the messages in > a queue and try to send them following some rules, while sendmail tries to > send them immediately. > SMTP can be configured to try sending the message the first time > immediately, or only after a certain time, and it can also be configured to > make the next tries at certain specified intervals. > > I don't know how sendmail works and what happends if it doesn't succeed > sending the message on its first trial. > > So, does anyone know how they work? I am asking this because I have seen > some recommendations of using SMTP it is available and some others saying > that sendmail should be used if it is available.
sendmail is the UNIX method of sending email. You can read all about it here: http://www.sendmail.org/ Net::SMTP is normally just going to relay your outgoing email to the specified SMTP host (your ISP's mail server) for delivery. sendmail is a bit more complicated and not apropos to Windoze (although there are sendmail look-alikes for Windoze), but does the same basic job. I'm not sure of the intricacies of sendmail, you can try to extract them from the website above. _______________________________________________ ActivePerl mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
