Re: How to mail (userfriendly)?
On Thu, Sep 13, 2001 at 11:39:41AM -0700, Mark Barnes wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 13, 2001 at 12:31:09PM -0400, Ignasi Palou-Rivera wrote:
> >
> > That's not too clear. smtpd is not any specific program, but several
> > can be used to provide the service.
>
> The program I use is called ssmtp or sometimes sSMTP. Its available
> as a deb package. It's far less powerful than exim, but easier to
> configure. By the way, I found that exim did not work without some
> additional configuration beyond that provided by the installation
> script. It's do-able, even for boneheads like me, but requires some
> quality time spent going through the docs, and a journeyman-level
> understanding of email terminology.
That's strange. I've been able to use exim by just using the standard
debcong configuration with a variety of ISPs. I'm sure it's not the
case for more involved cases, but for a single computer using one ISP
is normally very doable.
--
Ignasi.
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