[ On Wednesday, November 24, 2004 at 22:31:39 (+0000), Tony Finch wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: [exim] about Sender: and envelope reverse-path in today's systems
>
> > Hmmm.... sounds like a replacement for "mini_sendmail":
> > http://www.acme.com/software/mini_sendmail/
>
> Exim in mua_wrapper mode does more than that - for example, it handles
> local aliases, which was a requirement for our Linux workstation service.
That's a very good point!
mini_sendmail is so simplistic that it doesn't even have any kind of
config file at all -- if you even want to use a server other than
"localhost" you need to specify it on the command line! ;-)
(i.e. it is ``configured'' by writing yet another wrapper script)
> Most similar software is really half-arsed and only implements the barest
> minimum of 821 and 822, which might be OK for a few CGIs on a web server
> but is not adequate if you want something robust.
mini_sendmail isn't perfect of course, but it's better than some others
and it will normally suffice do the basic job of helping Mailx or other
old-fashioned command-line MUAs to do their deliveries by way of SMTP.
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