On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 08:22:52PM -0500, Michael D Schleif wrote:
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| There must be something that exim can/does do that procmail cannot?
exim is an MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) that also includes an LDA (Local
Delivery Agent).
procmail is an LDA.
exim does a lot that procmail can't do, and procmail isn't intended to
do. procmail can do things that exim can't (for example, changing a
message via a filter, such as spamassassin, and then making delivery
decisions based on the external program's output).
| What do you think?
Use the mail handling chain that works best for you. If you aren't
using any of exim's mail processing capabilities for mail you receive,
then eliminate it from the equation and have fetchmail hand the
messages directly to procmail. (you'll still want (need) exim
installed for handling mail that originates locally (ie from cron jobs
and the like) and potentially for sending mail (depends on your MUA
and whether or not you use programs like reportbug))
HTH,
-D
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