+++ Dave C. [exim-users] <01/01/02 15:47 -0500>:
> I know pine supports SMTP, and I think mutt does too. Not sure about
Mutt calls sendmail on localhost directly (typically sendmail -oi -oem -f),
like elm does. Pine can talk smtp to an external server if specified
explicitly, if not, it calls sendmail -bs locally.
> So, you don't *have* to use an MTA on a workstation, and unless you are
> familiar with how to operate one, and understand the responsibilities
> you take on by doing so, you shouldn't.
As long as the workstation is behind a firewall / over NAT or elsewhere, it
does help to have an MTA running, or at least a mail submitting agent like
Masqmail / Nullmailer.
> That said, if you *do* understand how your choice of MTA works, that you
> really don't have a real 'local' domain, and how to make it use a
> smarthost, that is a perfectly valid setup. However, if you are 'Joe
> User', it makes far more sends to use an MUA that speaks SMTP, and not
> try and run an MTA..
Right of course.
-srs
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Suresh Ramasubramanian <----> mallet <at> efn dot org
EMail Sturmbannfuhrer, Lower Middle Class Unix Sysadmin
