On 04/19/2007 06:17 PM somebody named Theo v. Werkhoven wrote: > Wed, 18 Apr 2007, by [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > >> Joachim Schrod wrote: >> >>> I have never used a Linux (or any other Unix system, for that matter) >>> without a locally configured mail system -- it is a sure disaster >>> waiting to happen. >> Just to make sure to emphasize that point, since you might have >> misunderstood that in other emails: >> >> Configuring a local mail systems means to configure and start a >> local service that can send email (and deliver email from the local >> to the local system, which is needed for other system services like >> cron). Most service implementations (postfix, sendmail) involve a >> running daemon process or at least a cron job to clean up the mail >> queue. > > Having some processes now and then sending mail hardly adds up to a > queue. > >> That there is a running daemon process does NOT mean that the >> system is a mail server. Usually, the term "mail server" is only >> used for systems that accept email from other systems, but not for >> systems with a configured local mail service. (The technical >> meaning of "mail server" is actually "mail transfer agent that >> listens on the SMTP port and accepts inbound messages".) > > There is no need for a running daemon what so ever, just for a > binary that knows how to receive mail from stdin, and connect to a > receiving mail server on via TCP port 25, or how to receive mail > from stdin and send the data to a mailbox. > > Theo
Yes. Thank goodness there's at least one person here who understands the situation. I found this in the Mutt Guide, <http://wiki.mutt.org/?MuttGuide/Send>: 'Many MUAs provide facilities to comunicate directly with a remote server, so that you don't need to have installed and running a local server on the sending host. In those cases the mua comunicates directly with a mail server (using the SMTP/ESMTP protocol), when you specify to do it (e.g. when you push a button like "send all").' Off to install a mail server on my cell phone.... -- "This world ain't big enough for the both of us," said the big noema to the little noema. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
