On 04/19/2007 06:17 PM somebody named Theo v. Werkhoven wrote:
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
Yes. Thank goodness there's at least one person here who understands the situation. I found this in the Mutt Guide, http://wiki.mutt.org/?MuttGuide/Send: 'Many MUAs provide facilities to comunicate directly with a remote server, so that you don't need to have installed and running a local server on the sending host. In those cases the mua comunicates directly with a mail server (using the SMTP/ESMTP protocol), when you specify to do it (e.g. when you push a button like "send all").' Off to install a mail server on my cell phone.... -- "This world ain't big enough for the both of us," said the big noema to the little noema. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org