On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 21:21:20 -0400, Scott Fitzgerald wrote: > I don't want to learn to use this thing! If I want to get mail off > my local system I will use my ISP's smtp server.
So this does work, right ? > what is the simplest MTA that will just pass messages between > /var/mail spools? Sorry, this is *not* how e-mails work. MTAs don't pass messages between spools. I am afraid, if you want to do what I guess, you will have to read a bit. No good pointer from here, though. 'Passing messages' means retrieving them (client) and sending them to an MTA for subsequent delivery. > And if the answer is "exim is the simplest" then tell me, how can I do > without an MTA? I don't consider it the easiest. Though quite seasoned, I never fully understand those alternatives of which I have to click one at an install. So, my next step then is always to apt-get install postfix. If you don't want to receive for a domain and don't want Maildir, it ought to work as is. Together with any some client; CLI or GUI. HTH, Uwe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
