No actual swimming involved, I take it. -----Original Message----- From: Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Flint Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2020 9:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Mail Transfer Agent (MTA)?
Greetings Ron, The Barre Open Systems Institute meets regularly at Hedding United Methodist Church, and currently via meet.jit.si. We will be convocating Monday next 6-7 PM via Jitsi. If you like check out our venerable web site at: http://bosivt.org/ Thanks and... Kindest Regards, Paul Flint On Thu, 30 Apr 2020, Ron Lawrence wrote: > Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 09:50:14 -0400 > From: Ron Lawrence <[email protected]> > Reply-To: Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Mail Transfer Agent (MTA)? > > LOL Thanks all for your responses. I think I'm on the right track-though I > may postpone further action until setting things up on my public server. > > > > O.K. at the risk of over-extending my welcome, let me ask another silly > question: > > > > What's the story behind the "adult swims" at a church in Barre? > > > > Ron > > > > _____ > > From: Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Keith Deterling > Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2020 9:08 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Mail Transfer Agent (MTA)? > > > > The configuration file for sendmail has been likened to "an explosion in a > punctuation factory." > > For RHEL 7, they switched from Sendmail to Postfix. > > > Keith Deterling > [email protected] > > Advisory IT Specialist > IBM Systems - MFG IT Infrastructure Services > > Essex, Junction, VT 05242 - Bldg. 975 - 2K0521 > Tie-Line 8-446-3535 or (802) 769-3535 > > > > > > From: Ron Lawrence <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Date: 04/29/2020 04:34 PM > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Mail Transfer Agent (MTA)? > Sent by: Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts <[email protected]> > > _____ > > > > > Hi folks, > > Tell me if posting question like this is out of bounds. I'm still > relatively new to Linux-but I'm managing my own servers. I'm running Debian > 9 and working in PHP. The application I'm working on needs to be able to > send emails. PHP requires an MTA to be installed for its mail() function to > work. I've installed SendMail, but I'm getting lost in what documentation I > have found for configuration. > > I'm wondering what people are using for an MTA and how you are solving the > problem of mail servers junking your emails (because they don't trust the > source). My thought here is to use one of my email providers (Comcast, > GoDaddy, or Gmail) for the SMTP service. But that means configuring the MTA > to do that. > > Any advice would be appreciated. > > Thanks in advance, > > > Ron Lawrence > Publishers' Assistant > > > > <http://pubassist.com> http://pubassist.com > > ph: 800-310-8716 > > > > > Kindest Regards, ☮ Paul Flint (802) 479-2360 Home (802) 595-9365 Cell /************************************ Based upon email reliability concerns, please send an acknowledgement in response to this note. Paul Flint 16 Myrtle Avenue Barre, VT 05641
