"Neil Parks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Have just discovered an interesting difference between DOS and Linux in
> the way they send email via smtp.
>
> With every DOS and Windoze smtp client I've ever heard of, you have to
> specify an smtp host--usually the one provided by your ISP.
>
> Linux, I just learned, makes life much easier. When you send email, you
> don't specify an smtp host at all. The smtp client goes out and finds one
> that is associated with the recipient's domain.
Under Linux, you're probably running an MTA daemon (sendmail,etc.),
which can both send and receive email, and have it configured not
to use a smarthost (probably not a good idea).
> I wonder why Arachne or any other DOS or Win smtp transport client
> couldn't do the same.
The MTA in KA9Q (Yan, etc.) sends direct-to-MX by default but can
be configured to use a smarthost.
Howard E.
Ottawa, Canada
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