Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

[Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com>]

Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:

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> On 03/28/07 10:06, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> > Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
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> >>> What I don't think is optimal is to redirect *all* your mails
> >>> through an MTA like exim/postfix/... just to do some filtering.
> >>> Getmail can do this on its own just fine (well not the actual
> >>> filtering, but then neither does exim/postfix), no need for the
> >>> added complexity.
> >> Why not?  The MTA is already installed, so why not use it for it's
> >> designed purpose, including relaying outbound mail?
> >                                        ^^^^^^^^
> > I thought we were talking about inbound mail. I'm sending my mail
> > just fine using postfix.
> 
> As am I.
> 
> The point is: I've already installed an MTA, why not use it to it's
> fullest?
> 
> Stated differently: using getmail to do spam filtering is a good
> idea if you did *not* install a full-featured MTA, but why use
> getmail to do something that postfix can do, when postfix is already
> installed?

Obviously our opinions differ on this one, so let's leave it at this.

Regards,
Andrei
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