On 7/29/2014 5:22 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 28 iul 14, 17:05:56, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >> >> But then if you have residential service, there really is no need to >> have your own MTA (other than you want it). > > Running your own MTA can be beneficial even if it is not accessible from > the internet: > > - queuing: some mail clients block while sending and you also don't have > to worry if the smarthost is not available for the moment
That's a mail client problem. The correct solution if you have this problem would be to get another client. > - DRY: don't repeat yourself by making the same configuration in every > mail client you use You still need to configure "every mail client you use". > - local mail works and is not relayed through your smarthost > True, if you have a need for a significant amount of local mail. But residential users don't send a lot of mail internally. There are better ways of sharing things - like shared network storage. The only thing my wife and I send to each other via email is forwarding emails. Everything else is shared through network storage (which also serves as a backup device). > Depending on your needs the first two points can be solved with one of > the lightweight MTAs, but I only know of dma that can do all three. > Sure, if you need them. > Besides, both postfix and exim are very well tested and documented and > can be configured to do more advanced stuff (e.g. address rewriting). > > Kind regards, > Andrei > Yes, I know Exim can be configured to do a lot. But I have yet to see where it is advantageous to run a MTA on a residential connection, and know of a lot of reasons why it's bad. I do run Exim on several servers (actually I have a friend who has helped set them up - I am NOT a Linux Admin). But every one of these servers is in a data center with static IP addresses. And the biggest advantage is I can access them from my laptop, ipad, smartphone or whatever - no matter where I am, with no changes to the email configuration. You can't do that when the MTA is in your home. And my outgoing mail doesn't get blocked because it's coming from a dynamic IP. Jerry -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/53d7af3c.80...@attglobal.net
