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On 04/17/2007 09:51 PM somebody named Joachim Schrod wrote:
> Joachim Schrod wrote:
> 
>> I have never used a Linux (or any other Unix system, for that matter)
>> without a locally configured mail system -- it is a sure disaster
>> waiting to happen.
> 
> Just to make sure to emphasize that point, since you might have
> misunderstood that in other emails:
> 
> Configuring a local mail systems means to configure and start a local
> service that can send email (and deliver email from the local to the
> local system, which is needed for other system services like cron). Most
> service implementations (postfix, sendmail) involve a running daemon
> process or at least a cron job to clean up the mail queue.
> 
> That there is a running daemon process does NOT mean that the system is
> a mail server. Usually, the term "mail server" is only used for systems
> that accept email from other systems, but not for systems with a
> configured local mail service. (The technical meaning of "mail server"
> is actually "mail transfer agent that listens on the SMTP port and
> accepts inbound messages".)
> 
>     Joachim
> 

Joachim,

You are so kind to correct the misunderstanding which you imagined I
had.  Be assured that no one is thinking you are retracting your
previous proposition that a mail server is required on every machine on
which a mail client is installed.

So, what is this software which needs to be installed to avoid "sure
disaster", this MTA (no longer a mail server)?


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