On Wed, Nov 07, 2012 at 08:16:42PM +0000, Jamie Paul Griffin wrote: > / Nikola Petrov wrote on Wed 7.Nov'12 at 19:17:46 +0200 / > > > On Wed, Nov 07, 2012 at 02:15:41PM +0000, Chris Green wrote: > > > I currently have my mail delivered to my desktop system using SMTP as > > > the system is on all the time and has a static IP. > > > > > > However I always get paranoid when I reconfigure it and/or do other > > > maintenance so I'm considering moving back to a fetchmail/getmail based > > > system. > > May I ask what it is that you are worried about using smtp delivery - I take > it you have various protective measures in place with your configuration?
No specific "protective measures" at all, it just relies on the sending server retrying if my SMTP server isn't running (or connected). That's one of the reasons I'd quite like to move away from SMTP. It *should* be OK but I'm relying on the other end to behave properly. -- Chris Green
