Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 16:15:18 +0100 From: Matthias Buelow <mkb@mukappabeta.de> To: cpghost@cordula.ws Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: migrating from thunderbird to mutt? Message-ID: <41C6EC86.5050203@mukappabeta.de> In-Reply-To: <20041220142110.GA845@bsdbox.farid-hajji.net> References: <41C4FA1C.4090006@nbritton.org> <41C62755.2030705@mukappabeta.de> <20041220142110.GA845@bsdbox.farid-hajji.net>
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cpghost@cordula.ws wrote:
> esmtp will contact the appropriate SMTP server on your behalf
> and will use the correct credentials to connect (if required).
What happens if sending fails (for whatever temporary reason)? Will
esmtp queue the mail, like a real MTA would? The issue is problematic
with all those "minimalistic" pseudo-MTAs because mutt thinks it's
delivering to a real sendmail, and hence doesn't handle failure
gracefully (at least not afair). Mozilla otoh, initiating the smtp
connection by itself, will let you retry, or save it to a Drafts folder.
With mutt, your mail is probably gone.
--
Matthias Buelow; mkb@{mukappabeta,informatik.uni-wuerzburg}.de
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