Re: getmail vs fetchmail, WAS: Re: fetchmail and DNS resolution

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 2009-04-03 08:54, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> On Fri,03.Apr.09, 04:22:11, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On 2009-04-03 02:06, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> > [snip]
> > > AFAIK fetchmail defaults to delivering your mail by using a local SMTP. 
> > >  This is a Bad Thing (tm), because it can create a lot of problems, 
> > > YMMV
> > How so?  It (fetchmail->Postfix/SpamAssassin->maildrop->~/Maildir) has 
> > been working perfectly on my system for 4 years.
>
> Let me quote Charles Cazabon (ok, he's the author of getmail, but sure 
> knows a lot about mail handling):

Smells of Appeal To Authority.

A morally superior person like me would *never* do that!!!!

> ,----
> | NOTE: DO NOT USE "sendmail" (or any other MTA queue-injection command) AS YOUR
> | DELIVERY INSTRUCTION.  Unless you're a mail expert (and you're not),
> | re-injection of retrieved mail (with getmail or other agents) is virtually
> | guaranteed to cause one or more of lost mail, misdirected mail, bad late
> | bounces, leakage of delivery information, and other problems.
> `----

Maybe getmail has a design flaw, or CC thinks that everyone still 
uses Sendmail.

> This was just a few days ago on the official getmail mailing list, in 
> reply to someone asking how to use the MTA for delivery. If you are 
> interested in more details search the archives of the getmail list.

What the heck is an MTA for???  Right: transporting mail, usually on 
port 25.  Postfix does a wonderfully boring job of receiving from 
fetchmail and cron, linking to SpamAssassin, then sending to my MDA.

--
Scooty Puff, Sr
The Doom-Bringer