Lan Barnes wrote:
On Wed, August 22, 2007 9:24 am, Karl Cunningham wrote:
On 8/21/2007 8:53 PM, Neil Schneider wrote:
mailx is not a mail server. But that doesn't mean you can't run without
one.
If you only want to send postfix has a replacement for
/usr/sbin/sendmail
which is the command line method for sending messages. I think if you
have
sendmail configured properly and use mailx, it should automatically find
the
sendmail binary if the address is outside the host, and send the mail.
Someone
will correct me if it's wrong, but AFAIK it uses /usr/sbin/sendmail -t
to send
out without a running server.
Another option is ssmtp, simple SMTP. It's described as an "extremely
simple MTA to get mail off the system to a mail hub". I use it on
several machines for cron jobs to email results to me.
Karl
That might be a way to go. Although Gus is right, that I may not _need_ an
MTA, and Neil may be right that I'm ungrateful for squirrelmail's elusive
charms, I still would like to return to what makes me happiest: a home
server that gathers my mail, stores it, uses mutt, and allows me to ssh
in.
Also, I may occasionally fool around with an app (or write an app) that
spits out email.
But simple -- REAL simple -- is a Good Thing for me.
Thanks,
Mutt has direct support for IMAP. Why can't you just ssh into your
(Neil's) mail server and use mutt there? No need to keep your own mail
server running, someone else does the backups (I hope!) and you still
get to use mutt over ssh from anywhere.
Gus
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