On Sun, Mar 21, 2004 at 07:26:42PM +0200, Paramahansa Polo Vieyra wrote: > Hi, > If you only need an SMTP server and you use a linux laptop; you can use > sendmail. You will not need to be worry about IPs, you only will need to > install sendmail, altought most of times it is already installed, and use > your local smtp server (sendmail).
I agree that using a local sendmail-like MTA[0] is a good solution; however, the MTA should be set to relay to either of the "real" SMTP servers, depending on the local IP address, or some other parameter. This is because in our spam-ridden world, many ISPs will block email that comes from a dial up range, from an ip without proper back-resolving, etc. Sending through one's ISP or work place mail server gets around this, hopefully. [0] My favorite poison is postfix; ymmv. Cheers, Muli -- Muli Ben-Yehuda http://www.mulix.org | http://mulix.livejournal.com/
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