In a recent note, Mike Castle said: > Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 15:25:43 -0800 > > Lynx uses sendmail on Unix style systems as well. To the best of my > knowledge (and a quick look at the code), Lynx, rightfully, always uses an > MTA to send mail. It never handles the SMTP protocol directly. > I guess, mostly "rightfully". One could make some argument that the SMTP protocol is better documented and thus more portable than the API to any particular MTA; therefore preferable.
Regardless, I use sendmail in code I write, rather than trying to talk to port 25. -- gil -- StorageTek INFORMATION made POWERFUL ; To UNSUBSCRIBE: Send "unsubscribe lynx-dev" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
