Re: how can i turn /dev/null into an MTA?

On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 11:11:59AM -0400, Randy Kramer wrote:
On Tuesday 14 April 2009 10:48:17 am Stefan Monnier wrote:
Why would somebody need an MTA for a (normal) desktop?
Why should every user specify an outgoing SMTP server?
Why should every MUA implement the functionality of an MTA?

I'm still procrastinating on my taxes, so I'll respond ;-)

* I'm fairly certain that the functionality of an MTA is
significantly more than just receiving mail via POP3 and sending it via
SMTP.

mta just sends mail using smtp. it doesn't provide access to remote mailboxes
(pop/imap).

* I'm also fairly sure that the resources required by an MUA that can
receive POP3 and send SMTP are usually less than the resources required

postfix doesn't take anything besides a bit of memory. if it doesn't do
anything it just sleeps and it does something only when sending mail.

mk



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