I do not need CCs. I am obviously active on the list.
On Wed, 6 Aug 2003 23:28:52 +0800
Cameron Patrick <cameron@patrick.wattle.id.au> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 08:04:00AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:
> It is if they have to dig up what the correct SMTP server is. Or if
> they're on a laptop whose "correct" local SMTP server changes as a
> function of time.
How many local users are you going to have on a laptop whose correct SMTP
server changes as a function of their location?
> | And what if the local user wants to use a remote SMTP server for some
> reason?
> They are welcome to configure ssmtp or exim to forward to a smarthost.
> This has the additional advantage that there's only /one/ point where
> the outgoing SMTP server needs to be specified, and if it changes later,
> there is only one program that needs to be reconfigured.
Oddly enough I only have one program for that now. Sylpheed-Claws.
Fortunately it can do something that most SMTP servers can't without some
rather painful configuration: send mail through different SMTP servers based
on the account from which the mail was sent.
Hell, if you want to get technical about it I could do that without an MTA
easily enough. Tell them to use "mail" as the smtp server, edit resolv.conf
and have "mail" resolve to whatever server they need to send to.
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