On Thu, Oct 28, 1999 at 08:29:02AM -0400, Russell P. Sutherland wrote:
> * Chris Green ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [28 Oct 1999 04:13]:
>
> > Having moved my qmail installation from a RedHat 5.2 setup to Mandrake
> > Linux 6.1 the one remaining thing I haven't sorted out is what exactly
> > one is supposed to to with /bin/mail.
>
> The /bin/mail in Linux is not the "/bin/mail" mentioned in the qmail
> INSTALL documentation and hence can be left alone. It (the former) is a
> MUA that eventually calls sendmail and so is not affected by qmail. On
> other systems it's known as mailx and is a distant relative of the
> original Berkeley mail programme.
>
Aha! Thanks. Of course I knew that once-upon-a-time but had long
since forgotten about the vagaries of mail, Mail, mailx, etc. Yes,
the /bin/mail referred to in the qmail documentation acts as an MTA
doesn't it, whereas the Linux /bin/mail is an MUA.
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