Wed, 18 Apr 2007, by [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > 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.
Having some processes now and then sending mail hardly adds up to a 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".) There is no need for a running daemon what so ever, just for a binary that knows how to receive mail from stdin, and connect to a receiving mail server on via TCP port 25, or how to receive mail from stdin and send the data to a mailbox. Theo -- Theo v. Werkhoven Registered Linux user# 99872 http://counter.li.org ICBM 52 13 26N , 4 29 47E. + ICQ: 277217131 SUSE 10.2 + Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kernel 2.6.18 + See headers for PGP/GPG info. Claimer: any email I receive will become my property. Disclaimers do not apply. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
