On Sat, 2005-03-26 at 19:13 -0500, Daniel D Jones wrote: > What is the minimum configuration necessary to deliver local mail? That is, > given a machine with multiple users and no external connection, what do I > need to enable users to send messages to one another? Everything I can find > on the web talks about setting up sendmail, qmail, exim, etc. Surely I don't > need to install a full featured MTA just to get local mail. Well, yes, MTAs are how mail gets moved around. > All I want is to > be able to use mail -t or pine and have the messages dropped > into /var/spool/mail/username (or ~/.maildir or whatever.) I recommend postfix. When you apt-get it, the post-inst script will ask you what kind of routing you need, and one of the choices is "local". -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. Cogito Eggo Sum
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