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Date:      Fri, 17 May 2002 21:49:04 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Lars Eighner <eighner@io.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Sendmail replacement?
Message-ID:  <20020517213918.W22762-100000@dumpster.io.com>

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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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