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["Theo v. Werkhoven" <theo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Wed, 18 Apr 2007, by jschrod@xxxxxxx:

> 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.

Having some processes now and then sending mail hardly adds up to a
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".)

There is no need for a running daemon what so ever, just for a
binary that knows how to receive mail from stdin, and connect to a
receiving mail server on via TCP port 25, or how to receive mail
from stdin and send the data to a mailbox.

Theo
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