On Thu, 24 Sep 2020 22:29:32 +0100 mick crane <mick.cr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2020-09-24 18:19, Brian wrote: > > On Thu 24 Sep 2020 at 13:35:17 +0000, mike.junk...@att.net wrote: > > > >> > >> On Wednesday, September 23, 2020, 09:14:42 PM CDT, Dan Ritter > >> <d...@randomstring.org> wrote: > >> mutt is an MUA, not an MTA. > >> > >> What tasks do you want your mail server to perform? Please be > >> specific. We will have better advice for you once we know > >> exactly what you want to have happen. > >> -dsr- > >> Thanks, Dan,All I need from an MTA is:1) take mail from fetchmail > >> and put it in a mailbox for mutt to display,2) take mail from mutt > >> and send it to my ISP via smtp3) take messages from the system, > >> eg: cron and deliver them to that same mailbox4) take a simple > >> message on the CL such as: echo 'blah' | mail -s 'oops' > >> no...@example.com > >> > >> I've been using exim for years and it works well but is overkill > >> for my needs. > > > > I too have been using exim for years in a similar way to the way you > > describe. It does the job very well and I just let it get on with > > it. I don't really understand what you mean by "overkill" and think > > you are fussing over nothing. > > I know how I get mail. > I've been using roundcube for a few years. I know I put in the SMTP > server, account and password for being allowed in the configuration > but I actually have no idea what is used for the sending. I probably > should. > If you haven't done anything yourself, it will be exim4-light. If it's not taking raw mail straight from the Net, it doesn't need much in the way of care and feeding. Mine is quite aggressively anti-spam, and it only gets a few minor tweaks a year. I can't remember when I last modified its main configuration file. -- Joe