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Re: Just a question



On Wed, Mar 31, 2004 at 04:32:22PM EST, Charles Cazabon wrote:
> Mike M <linux-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > 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).

Well, if you get a home network, you may want a real MTA to avoid
having your intranetwork mail go for a detour on the World Wide Wait.
Personally, even if I were only running a single-user, solitary desktop,
it'd still hurt me to run a stripped-down service.  Maybe it's just a
craziness I have; I dunno. . .

 - Dave

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