On Oct 07, 1999, Jeremy Blosser wrote:
>
> AFAIK both things you mention can be dealt with using a minimal MTA that
> just acts as a forwarder, such as sSMTP. All you really have to do to
> configure it is set the remote mailhub's hostname.
<Vent mode starting now...>
OK, I can't resist adding my own $0.02 to this discussion now. When I began
using Mutt about 1 year ago, I had been using Netscape because it did have
a builtin MTA, but I hated it as a MUA. But, I couldn't get my sendmail to
work reliably either. What to do?
I was as green a Linux newbie as ever there was then, although I had lots
of experience with DOS/Win. I /knew/ that any MTA that had its own O'Reilly
book would be too much for me, so I switched to smail. Same problem, so I
tried the revolutionary step of RTFM(!), pestering the life out of some
kind folks on the SuSE-list, and experimenting. Bottom line: smart_host was
what I needed, and I got it implemented.
Summary: I left Win and MS partly because of code bloat and apps that "do
everything." IMO, Mutt developers have made the right decision to keep
things focused. Let fetchmail, procmail and the MTA of your choice do the
rest, even if it means some time reading, experimenting, asking for help,
or (shudder) learning something new.
<Vent mode shutting down now.>
Howard Arons
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