* Morgon Kanter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030806 07:57]: > > I agree. The main functionality of Mutt is to read *and* send mail. > > Being able to only read mail archives is not the main functionality > > but a backup functionality. To be able to provide the main > > functionality, an MTA is required, hence a dependency. > > What if the MTA is on a different host? Can't mutt speak SMTP?
If mutt spoke SMTP, it would be a MTA itself. (Perhaps still missing the proper interface to link /usr/lib/sendmail to mutt, but that would be the lesser part). Hochachtungsvoll, Bernhard R. Link -- Sendmail is like emacs: A nice operating system, but missing an editor and a MTA.