Re: Howto make exim not listen on port inet 25

[Jose Marin <jose@ma.hw.ac.uk>]

On Sat, 16 Sep 2000, George Bonser wrote:

> Maybe the correct answer for this user is not to use exim at all but to
> use ssmtp which is, I think, the tool designed for this job.

Thanks, I didn't know this existed.

> WARNING: the above is all it does - it does not receive mail, expand
> aliases or manage a queue. That belongs on a mailhub with a system
> administrator.

Mmmm... I still think it's useful to have a queue, so that you can write
e-mail off-line, and have it all sent off next time you connect.

And anyway, would fetchmail be able to deliver the mail to the user if one
replaces exim with this?

Cheers,

Jose
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