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date Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:04:32 +0100
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meillo@290 1 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=82744
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meillo@290 5 October 27th, 2005
meillo@290 6 Reinhard Tartler
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meillo@290 8 Wanted: simple mailer for laptop use
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meillo@290 10 Hi folks,
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meillo@290 12 can anyone recommend me a good MTA (mail"server") suitable for network
meillo@290 13 use? My feature wishes would be:
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meillo@290 15 * SMTP-Auth
meillo@290 16 * local (!) delivery
meillo@290 17 * mail queing if offline
meillo@290 18 * not panic when laptop is offline for 2 or 3 days.
meillo@290 19 * easy to configure (1 config file if possible)
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meillo@290 21 I know that postfix and exim4 are able to do this, but they are imo a
meillo@290 22 bit too heavy for my use. ssmtp and nullmailer don't have local
meillo@290 23 delivery. Do I really need a heavyweight mailer or is there somewhere
meillo@290 24 a lightweight alternative?
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meillo@290 28 #8
meillo@290 29 October 27th, 2005
meillo@290 30 Derek Broughton
meillo@290 31 Re: Wanted: simple mailer for laptop use
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meillo@290 35 No kidding. The whole point is that you _have_ to have an MTA and you don't
meillo@290 36 want to configure Postfix/Exim/Sendmail/Qmail (almost all of which I've
meillo@290 37 actually done).
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meillo@290 39 I now use masqmail - it's really simple, my configuration is all in debconf,
meillo@290 40 it's supported by whereami, and it's really simple
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meillo@290 42 I'm sure you can make any MTA behave nicely when offline, but it was a chore
meillo@290 43 with all of them.
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