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Re: why use sendmail?



Simon Hepburn writes:

> From the perspective of someone with a standalone box and dialup
> connection I'm not sure that's desirable behaviour,...

I find it highly desireable.

> ...but yes if interval mail checking and dial on demand were enabled I'm
> sure that would be possible.

It is.  Of course, retries are rare since I have to use my ISP's smarthost.

> For the case of a standalone box without permanent connection I have to
> disagree. Keep it simple.

Ther's nothing simple in packing distinct and easily seperable functions
into a single program.
-- 
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI


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