> I think you misunderstood the proposal: only the default compilation would
> be changed with setting the appropriate option to configure. If you have a
> broken setup (or no MTA, in your case), then you can always recompile nmh to
> suit your needs.
>
> Of course, there could be an argument about which default serves more
> people. I have no insight: are there more boxes setup with nmh but without
> MTA?
I've never encountered the situatiln where a local MTA refused to
accept a connection from 127.0.0.1, so I think I have my own
opinion on what the likely default should be.
> I tend to think that there are more than one MUAs on each box, and instead
> of configuring each separately to use an smtp server, it may be just easier
> to set up an MTA on the box.
Alternatively, rather than having to configure each MUA with the name
and/or characteristics of one of a set of MTA implementations, you
could just use the one standardized interface/protocol, SMTP on port 25.
louie
