Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 08:20:53 +0200 From: "Willie Viljoen" <will@unfoldings.net> To: "Zoran Kolic" <kolicz@eunet.yu>, <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: mail without mta Message-ID: <013601c3b7d3$45d252e0$0a00a8c0@arista> References: <20031201055940.GA520@>
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Have you considered using Exim as your MTA? It is much simpler to configure and use than sendmail, and alot less hungry for resources, but it will give you the same (and even better) functionality to sendmail. Exim is in /usr/ports/mail/exim/ Will ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zoran Kolic" <kolicz@eunet.yu> To: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 7:59 AM Subject: mail without mta > > Dear list! > I'd like to know if some- > one has experience with system > running no mta (aka sendmail). > I have single comp, not server, > not lan. Yes! Sendmail is nice, > but it is too big for simple > tasks I have for it. > My intention is to use apps > small as possible. This letter > gone from mutt directly to > ssmtp, that processed it to my > isp. (Setting option for > sendmail as "/usr/local/sbin/ssmtp".) > Little drawback is that one > cannot write second letter > and send it at the same time. > Some sort of queue would be > helpful. > Problems start receiving mail. > Fetchmail manual announces po- > ssibility for handing over to > procmail. Option should be > "mda procmail" in user section. > I made no rc file for procmail. > Test letter really came from > pop server to my local depot > (/var/mail/zoran). And... Mutt > cannot read it. Says "/var/mail/ > /zoran is not maildir". It is > by default, my dear mutt! > I see, that I have to make some > procmailrc configuration file. > To tell the system, that procmail > is local delivery agent now, > who is on the machine and where > target files are. I need additional > reading to anticipate that. > No local mail = no system messages. > And no simple system I'd like. > Documentation on internet > says, that shell in procmailrc > should be /bin/sh. I use tcsh and > the only solution would be to add > /usr/local/bin/bash. Defaults > are already on the machine. Why > procmail doesn't use them? > Aliases? File permissions? > It is the step I cannot make > for now. Turning sendmail on > again gave me mail back. > I suppose that someone uses > similar configuration on laptop > or other not heavy loaded machine. > Best regards > > ZK > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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