Have we not beaten this subject into the ground yet? >Here's where we differ. For me, it's "easier" to configure sendmail, so that >the nmh configuration remains the same in any network environment.
Alright ... so, my answer to this is: So what? Yes, it's easier for _you_. Great. But that doesn't translate to easier for _everyone_. We've already seen numerous examples of people providing legitmate reasons for using the SMTP MTS. The SMTP MTS is not a new feature in nmh; it's been there forever. Clearly people thought it was useful, even a bazillion years ago. Both MTS's will continue to be supported for the foreseeable future. Anyone is free to configure nmh however they want to meet their needs. What, exactly, is the problem here? And as for it being _easier_ ... well, literally, configuring the SMTP MTS is as simple as placing this in your .mh_profile: send: -server your.mail.server.here -port your.mail.port here >There's already >extensive support in popular MTAs (sendmail, postfix, etc.) for multiple >delivery mechanisms (TLS, POP-before-SMTP, SMTP AUTH, MSA, etc), so >this doesn't need to be duplicated in nmh. I prefer to let the MTA accept mail >from nmh and then do the external transfer for me. This is a bit disingenuous; of the things you list, only one (TLS) is not supported by nmh. And honestly ... POP-before-SMTP? It's not like you need to do anything to your client to support that. I also take objection to your subject line. This has been hashed out extensively on this list; when using the SMTP MTS, nmh is _not_ acting as a MTA, it is not looking up MX records and performing final delivery. It is, in fact, acting like the large majority of MUAs today (certainly any graphical email client) and using the SMTP protocol to submit email into the email system. This is a recognized and standardized method of injecting email into the network, and there is absolutely no reason for nmh to not support it. --Ken _______________________________________________ Nmh-workers mailing list Nmh-workers@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers