On Sun, Jan 31, 2021 at 09:06:23AM +0100, Claus Assmann wrote: > On Sun, Jan 31, 2021, Chinmaya Nagpal wrote: > > > I have a similar setup as yours, except I use the built-in SMTP. What > > advantages are there to using an external sendmail program?
Primarily speed, not waiting for mutt to establish an SMTP connection and authenticate to a remote MTA. The mail is sent to the local MTA instantly, and the local MTA is working to relay the mail appropriately while I continue working in mutt. > > Queueing. Yes, similar to the behavior of some GUI mail clients, your online/offline use of mutt would be identical, you wouldn't have to save messages as draft if you were offline, just send them out and the local MTA will handle the queue, relaying when internet becomes available. (I don't know that I am properly setup with this, would have to read more about timeout/bouncing rules for my current MTA)
