Quoth Dave C. on Tue, Jan 01, 2002:
> 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.
You do have to run an MTA on a workstation, if only because there
are automatic e-mail messages sent from cron, and in some other
situations, using /usr/bin/mail, which doesn't speak SMTP. Maybe
we should publish a collection of Exim configuration files for
home workstations and "dumb hosts" which only redirect mail to a
smarthost? I have some examples.
> 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.
True.
Vadik.
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Any language that involves exposing private parts to friends is a
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