Re: A simple MTA?

From: *** Davies (rasputnik_at_gmail.com)
Date: 10/24/05

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    Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 16:10:04 +0100
To: Teemu Ikonen <tpikonen@pcu.helsinki.fi>

    the Exim package asks you a few simple questions and then
    does what you ask - why not just use that?

    postfix on ubuntu does the same thing effectively, too.

    Both have a jaw-dropping array of features, but neither particularly
    force you to understand them before using them....

    On 24/10/05, Teemu Ikonen <tpikonen@pcu.helsinki.fi> wrote:
    > Hi all,
    >
    > I'm looking for a mail transfer agent for a typical workstation,
    > laptop or simple server configuration, but so far I haven't found a
    > suitable one either in Debian or elsewhere. The ones I've checked are
    > either too simple (nullmailer, ssmtp) or too complex (exim and
    > everything else).
    >
    > I think what an average workstation user or (non-mail) server
    > administrator wants from an MTA is following:
    >
    > 1. The MTA is not a daemon and does not receive mail from the network
    >
    > 2. Mail is sent to external addresses via an smtp relay
    >
    > 3. If the smtp host cannot be contacted, the mail is queued.
    > Retransmission is tried hourly by a cron-job or similar.
    >
    > 4. No local delivery of mail (mail sent to local accounts is either
    > discarded, or sent to the users external address found from a mail
    > alias file)
    >
    > And optionally
    >
    > 5. The mail to UIDs under 1000 (i.e. root) is also appended to a flat file
    > in /var/log or similar
    >
    > Does Debian have something which could be easily bent to follow these
    > requirements, or do I have to write one myself?
    >
    > All the best,
    >
    > Teemu
    >
    > PS. I'm not on the list, so please send replies also to me, thanks.
    >
    > 

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