Wed, 18 Apr 2007, by jschrod@acm.org:
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 -- Theo v. Werkhoven Registered Linux user# 99872 http://counter.li.org ICBM 52 13 26N , 4 29 47E. + ICQ: 277217131 SUSE 10.2 + Jabber: muadib@jabber.xs4all.nl Kernel 2.6.18 + See headers for PGP/GPG info. Claimer: any email I receive will become my property. Disclaimers do not apply. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org