Excerpts from Michael Forrest's message of Mon Oct 13 08:18:42 +1100 2008: > but that if I DO have to use SMTP, I'd rather Google maintain the server > than myself.
You might like to think of the MTA as a router (which is exactly what it is) that simply forwards messages to the desired location. So you can still let google manage your email. The main advantage is that you can set postfix up once and then let everything on the machine use postfix with out having to configure each application individually. It really does make life easier. Once you have configured postfix there is nothing more to be done; configuring postfix is a one off job and once it's done postfix just sits there routing messages. I can post a working config to the list if you want. rgh > On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 10:18 PM, Michael Forrest <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > > I'm just saying I don't want to have to use SMTP at all, I just want it to > > work in a postfix or sendmail way by default, like Rails does. > > > > > > > > On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 10:13 PM, Stephen Eley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> > >> On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 4:52 PM, Michael Forrest > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > > >> > Hmm- just haven't really been using it to receive emails so don't > >> > think about it that way! Don't really see the use of having a server > >> > to maintain when I only want to send. This is why I'm seeing if I can > >> > use a gmail account associated with my application instead. > >> > >> Okay... Yeah, you can do that pretty easily. Google on "Gmail as > >> SMTP server" and you'll find plenty of tips to send directly to it. > >> > >> In your original message you said pretty much the opposite. You said > >> you *didn't* want to send to an outside SMTP server (which is how > >> you'd send to Gmail); you said wanted to use Postfix. Now you're > >> saying you don't want to "have a server to maintain." You do know > >> that Postfix is a server, right? > >> > >> In any case, whatever you want, I'm pretty sure you can have it. > >> > >> > >> > On 10/12/08, Stephen Eley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 10:56 AM, Michael Forrest > >> >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >>> > >> >>> I want to get God to email me notifications but I don't see why I have > >> >>> to use a SMTP server. > >> >>> Is there a way to just use postfix? > >> >> > >> >> Postfix IS an SMTP server. Just tell God that your SMTP server is > >> >> localhost. And then set the really easy config options in Postfix to > >> >> listen on it, if it isn't already set. > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> Have Fun, > >> >> Steve Eley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > >> >> ESCAPE POD - The Science Fiction Podcast Magazine > >> >> http://www.escapepod.org > >> >> > >> >> > > >> >> > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Sent from Google Mail for mobile | mobile.google.com > >> > > >> > Michael Forrest > >> > http://mf.grimaceworks.com > >> > > >> > > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Have Fun, > >> Steve Eley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > >> ESCAPE POD - The Science Fiction Podcast Magazine > >> http://www.escapepod.org > >> > >> >> > >> > > > -- +61 (0) 410 646 369 [e]: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [im]: [EMAIL PROTECTED] You're worried criminals will continue to penetrate into cyberspace, and I'm worried complexity, poor design and mismanagement will be there to meet them - Marcus Ranum --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "god.rb" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/god-rb?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
