Wayne Stout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Greetings, everyone.
>
> I'm sure this is a really stupid question, but here goes. If I want to use
> fetchmail/procmail for message retrieval and filtering, do I also have to
> use Sendmail or postfix?
Not unless you want to also receive mail on your machine, which unless
you have a 'permanent' connection to the 'net and a fixed IP address is
somewhat painful to do...
> I want to keep using my isp's mail server for sending,
Which means that you should not have to use sendmail or postfix.
> but all the talk I've seen on various lists about procmail has got
> me curious and I'd like to give it a try...
go for it, and let us know...
rc
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