On 19/01/2018 21:43, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > On 2018-01-19 18:49, Grant Edwards wrote: > >>> Just like the others writing in this thread, I am wondering why you >>> need 2 pieces here. Why won't e.g. exim do both sides of this for >>> you? It certainly has all the functionality. >> >> I don't see how you can say that when you don't know the method that >> my command-line MTA uses to transfer mail on down the path towards >> delivery. > > I can say it because I have some experience with exim, and I know it can > do pretty much anything. If its configuration language isn't Turing > complete, it is quite damn close to it. And the same can be said of > sendmail, though I know much less about it know. >
I'm also wondering why you need 2 bits. Earlier in the thread you mentioned that you send perhaps a few messages a week and never more than one connection at a time. Why do you need anything more complex than ssmtp? where are the messages coming from? localhost? the lan? somewhere on the internet? Grant, you should explain your requirements in detail, and not describe what you currently have (broken, as you say). Otherwise I'm going to give you boilerplate advice: Use ssmtp, unless the mail isn't coming from localhost and you need simple (use postfix); otherwise if your setup is tricky use exim. -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
