the Exim package asks you a few simple questions and then does what you ask - why not just use that?
postfix on ubuntu does the same thing effectively, too. Both have a jaw-dropping array of features, but neither particularly force you to understand them before using them.... On 24/10/05, Teemu Ikonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm looking for a mail transfer agent for a typical workstation, > laptop or simple server configuration, but so far I haven't found a > suitable one either in Debian or elsewhere. The ones I've checked are > either too simple (nullmailer, ssmtp) or too complex (exim and > everything else). > > I think what an average workstation user or (non-mail) server > administrator wants from an MTA is following: > > 1. The MTA is not a daemon and does not receive mail from the network > > 2. Mail is sent to external addresses via an smtp relay > > 3. If the smtp host cannot be contacted, the mail is queued. > Retransmission is tried hourly by a cron-job or similar. > > 4. No local delivery of mail (mail sent to local accounts is either > discarded, or sent to the users external address found from a mail > alias file) > > And optionally > > 5. The mail to UIDs under 1000 (i.e. root) is also appended to a flat file > in /var/log or similar > > Does Debian have something which could be easily bent to follow these > requirements, or do I have to write one myself? > > All the best, > > Teemu > > PS. I'm not on the list, so please send replies also to me, thanks. > > -- Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns http://number9.hellooperator.net/
