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Subject: Re: Sendmail replacement?
Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 14:46:58 +0200
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postfix or qmail. but i preffer postfix

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Lars Eighner" <eighner@io.com>
To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 4:49 AM
Subject: Sendmail replacement?


> Is there some way to eliminate sendmail and replace it with something
> else?
>
> For example, freebsd mailing lists bounce my mail because I connect
> by dialup and get a dynamic IP.  If it is possible to get sendmail
> to deal with this properly I can't dig it out of the wonderful
> sendmail documentation.
>
> On the other hand, simple little mailers such as nbsmtp (mo brainer
> smtp) can be pointed at my ISP's smtp server and work just fine (as
> you can see, since this got through to the mailing list).
>
> I don't see why, if something as small and simple as nbsmtp can handle
> the situation properly, sendmail can't.  But it is pretty obvious sendmail
> is horribly bloated.  Can't something lower-level handle intrasystem
> mail (such as the various reports to root) while something as simple
> as nbsmtp handles outgoing mail?
>
> --
> Lars Eighner
> eighner@io.com -finger for geek code-
> http://www.io.com/~eighner/index.html
> 700 Hearn #101 Austin TX 78703 (512)474-1920
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