Re: Lightweight alternative MTA? [was: Re: Starting MTA:]
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 09:59:53AM -0700, Mike McClain wrote:
> Hi Osamu,
> Thanks for the response. I really don't get it when it comes to mail.
> MTA/MDA/MUA are kind of confusing, if you know where I can find a 2 page
> explanation of email I'd really like to read it.
> I use /usr/bin/mail, mutt, fetchmail and exim4.
>
> The man page for /usr/bin/mail claims it's a "mail processing system".
> Mutt is an MUA.
> Fetchmail's man page claims, 'mail-retrieval and forwarding utility'.
> Exim4's manpage claims it's an MTA, but fetchmail's manpage refers to
> exim as an MDA.
>
> How does /usr/bin/mail know to put outbound mail in /var/spool/exim4/input?
/usr/bin/main calls /usr/sbin/sendmail . This happens to be exim .
> I killed the exim daemon and mail still puts mail in .../exim4/input
> even though 'exim4/input' doesn't appear in any file in /etc/ or
> root's environment.
>
> > > When I tried this and the mail stopped getting delivered until I
> > > restored /etc/default/exim4.
> >
> > Are you talking about delivering to external hosts?
>
> No, rather fetchmail failed since there was no connection on port 25.
According to fetchmailrc(5) , try adding the following to your
.fetchmailrc:
mda "/usr/sbin/sendmail -i -f %F -- %T"
Shouldn't this be the default?
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