-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday, February 15 at 06:41 PM, quoth James Freer: >a] re: exim I don't think so! On my main PC [as opposed to my test PC >which is where i'm trying out mutt first] Exim is a DEFAULT install. >From synaptic mutt installs without any dependencies which i was >surprised at. Why the default install? i don't know - i wondered if it >was for evolution [the default email client but doesn't seem to be].
I think exim is part of the default install for historical reasons. Some older pieces of unix software assume that there is a queueing sendmail program available, and so exim is there to support them. >b] As i'm still trying to learn from much reading - what is the >difference between? >sssmtp [simple solution includes SSL] >nbsmtp ['no-brainer' includes SSL >esmtp [poor documentation not SSL >msmtp [supports multiple accounts and SSL] Not a clue; but I'd either recommend using mutt's built-in smtp support OR msmtp (because msmtp was designed specifically for mutt users, and like you said, supports multiple accounts). >None of these will support queuing from what i can gather. Indeed; if you want a queue, try something like nullmailer (http://untroubled.org/nullmailer). >As i'm intending to use gmail SSL is required... i don't know but i >gathered that emails can be lost without SSL e.g yahoo only use port >110 and 25. Email, due to spammers, has gotten more finicky, yes. >c] As i want to filter email to subject directories [maildir] i need >to use postfix or maildrop. For a newbie the Postfix seems easier to >set up or i can't find a decent doc on maildrop. You mean procmail, not postfix, right? Procmail *APPEARS* easier, but has some massive problems with error handling (see http://www.memoryhole.net/kyle/2008/06/i_hate_procmail.html). Not that they can't be worked around, it's just a pain, and easy to accidentally lose email. For maildrop documentation, have you checked out http://www.courier-mta.org/maildropex.html ? ~Kyle - -- No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other. -- Jascha Heifetz -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Thank you for using encryption! iEYEARECAAYFAkmYeWUACgkQBkIOoMqOI17itwCg9oVRLXGOSx6YAM64vrsjR/P+ pgUAnR+DzbB5GsU6M/3xlPmHAnza2eIA =0NZx -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
