Re: [Exim] [OT] MLMs using SMTP locally

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Matthew Byng-Maddick
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] [OT] MLMs using SMTP locally
On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Matthew Byng-Maddick wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 09:11:07AM +0000, Nigel Metheringham wrote:
> > Maybe SMTP isn't the right answer, but we need some form of injection
> > protocol with better error handling than a single status value.
>
> Batch SMTP might be a good start...


There is also non-TCP/IP SMTP (the -bs option). That allows you to use
the SMTP protocol (over stdin/stdout), but Exim still knows this is a
"local" message and treats it in the same way as a non-SMTP injection.
(And it allows multiple messages, of course.)

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