Re: Just a question
On Wed, Mar 31, 2004 at 03:32:22PM -0600, Charles Cazabon wrote:
> Mike M <linux-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I use:
> > POP3->getmail->procmail->Maildir->mutt->nullmailer->SmartHostSMTPserver@ISP
>
> ^ good to hear :)
Heh. I eventually figured who you were. getmail being written in
Python is what first drew my attention. Python is just so...sane.
>
> > Am I missing out on anything important by running the minimalist MTA
> > nullmailer instead of a more sophisticated MTA as described above?
>
> No, especially considering you're using your ISP's smarthost. The only thing
> a "real" MTA would buy you would be if you wanted to send email to another
> user on your system (i.e. host local mail yourself).
Thanks for clearing that up for me. Intra-system mailing is not even
on my todo list.
--
Mike
Moving forward in pushing back the envelope of the corporate paradigm.