On 04/17/2007 09:51 PM somebody named Joachim Schrod wrote: > Joachim Schrod wrote: > >> I have never used a Linux (or any other Unix system, for that matter) >> without a locally configured mail system -- it is a sure disaster >> waiting to happen. > > Just to make sure to emphasize that point, since you might have > misunderstood that in other emails: > > Configuring a local mail systems means to configure and start a local > service that can send email (and deliver email from the local to the > local system, which is needed for other system services like cron). Most > service implementations (postfix, sendmail) involve a running daemon > process or at least a cron job to clean up the mail queue. > > That there is a running daemon process does NOT mean that the system is > a mail server. Usually, the term "mail server" is only used for systems > that accept email from other systems, but not for systems with a > configured local mail service. (The technical meaning of "mail server" > is actually "mail transfer agent that listens on the SMTP port and > accepts inbound messages".) > > Joachim >
Joachim, You are so kind to correct the misunderstanding which you imagined I had. Be assured that no one is thinking you are retracting your previous proposition that a mail server is required on every machine on which a mail client is installed. So, what is this software which needs to be installed to avoid "sure disaster", this MTA (no longer a mail server)? -- "This world ain't big enough for the both of us," said the big noema to the little noema. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
