Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 14:46:58 +0200 From: "Mantas Smelevicius" <bsd@mantas.lt> To: "Lars Eighner" <eighner@io.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Sendmail replacement? Message-ID: <00fd01c1fe6a$1936e120$2e01010a@mantas> References: <20020517213918.W22762-100000@dumpster.io.com>
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postfix or qmail. but i preffer postfix Mantas Smelevicius Head of IT division LNK TV Lukiskiu 5, 3000 Vilnius Lithuania http://www.mantas.lt ICQ UIN 31072511 ----- 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 > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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