Lars-Johan Liman <info-gnus-engl...@cafax.se> writes: > Lars-Johan Liman <info-gnus-engl...@cafax.se> writes: >>> Being an old Sendmail MTA geek, I use a different approach entirely. >>> >>> I have a local MTA (now Postfix, as Sendmail is more or less abandonware >>> these days) on my machine, and use a "header_dependent_relay" database >>> to make Postfix select the right account based on the From: line. GNUS >>> just drops the mail on /usr/bin/sedmail (which is Postfix - aargh! ;-) ) >>> and lets it deal with the problem. Postfix then acts as an SMTP client >>> vis-a-vis my various (three) different accounts. >>> >>> "If all you have is a hammer ...", and my hammer is my MTA. :-) >>> >>> Note: I'm not saying this is better in any way, I'm merely adding to the >>> list of available options, should anyone else be as crazy as I am. ;-) > > e...@ericabrahamsen.net: >> Oof! I run my own mail servers, also using postfix, but it just seems >> like it would be overkill to have yet another postfix instance running >> on my local machine. > > (It _is_ overkill! :-) :-) ) > >> I send from two accounts, which are on different machines, so I can't >> even do this trick on a remote server. Don't you run into trouble >> sending mail from a local machine? > > No, not really. Note that this is not anywhere near a vanilla Postfix > configuration. I've set it up to only send mail to my two servers, and > do it over port 587, using STARTTLS and SMTPAUTH, so "the network" (and > "its despicable filters" ;-) ) cannot really distinguish that traffic > from that of a mail user agent. Again, I don't _recommend_ it, but it > actually works surprisingly well. :-) I'm sure that mr Murphy is reading > this, and will make it stop working within 10 min, though ... ;-)
I see... Well that's impressive, and something I certainly won't be trying any time soon! _______________________________________________ info-gnus-english mailing list info-gnus-english@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english