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Re: Is there a MTA that...
On Tue, 27 Jan 1998, Peter L. Peres wrote:
>What I need is, a MTA that can be configured in 10 minutes (no, no GUI
qmail. Did it.
>please), understands that not all hosts are connected to the internet, and
>does not choke on UUCP-style addresses chosen freely mixed with real
qmail should understand it. AKA FAQ 2.3
>internet addresses, and does not require a 80-page manual to achieve that,
>as sendmail does. Or 10 small files as qmail does. Or freezes until
Installing without _any_ RTFM? Beware...
>kingdom come with no warning message when DNS is not available or there is
>an extra leading space in its .cf file.
Well, I'm using dialup and qmail perfectly understands when I'm not
connected and queues message. Wen I connect, I just kick it with ALRM (or
wait until it does by itself, if I'm not harrying)
>regex-based machine that sorts the queues and does the obvious. The regex
>machines' configuration I can edit as required to sort the mail, in 10
>minutes.
>From my experience, I would suggest qmail. Though it has indeed doc's in
20+ files, I suggest to download HTML docs - it comes with nice index. And
step-by-step installation guide will really help get it running in 10
minutes, and then you can start doing more complicated things.
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