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Re: Is there a MTA that...
I second stas.
qmail is installed in 10 minutes. just don't run all the tests they
suggest. moreover, If you don't upgrade from another mailer, you can do it
in 5 minutes. I just installed qmail over 40 SGIs, and everything was over
in 40 minutes.
Shachar.
On Tue, 27 Jan 1998, Stanislav Malyshev a.k.a. Frodo wrote:
> 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.
> --
> frodo@sharat.co.il \/ There shall be counsels taken
> Stanislav Malyshev /\ Stronger than Morgul-spells
> phone +972-2-5369213 /\ JRRT LoTR.
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>
>
Shachar Tal
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