David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 12:57:25PM +0200, Jens Grivolla wrote: > > Obviously it can. But you just don't want to use exim _at all_ to > > receive mail on a machine that is not permanently connected to the > > Internet (unless you really know what you're doing). > > Why is this? I'm using it on a dialup account. Perhaps we are talking > about different usages here. What I do is retrieve my mail from my > ISP's mailserver using POP3 with fetchmail. As I said in my previous > post, using Exim for this purpose may be overkill, but AFAICT, it works..
Yes, I was thinking of using exim as a mail transfer agent speaking SMTP to other servers which is a very bad idea for receiving mail to a computer that is not permanently connected and possibly has a dynamic IP address. You are absolutely right that exim _can_ be used for local mail delivery (as MDA) and is used as such in many setups. However, procmail is much better suited for this job and I would therefore strongly recommend putting 'mda "/usr/bin/procmail -d %T"' in your .fetchmailrc to use it. Ciao, Jens -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
