Bug#181708: RFP: pushmail -- the opposite of fetchmail
On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 08:53:57PM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > pushmail aims to be the opposite of fetchmail. It can be used to push email
> > messages to an SMTP server without the need of configuring the local MTA.
> > Initially wrote for the MUA mutt, but it should be possible to integrate it
> > in any other MUA that allows you to set the sendmail program to use.
>
> How is pushmail better than ssmtp, which sounds like it does the same
> thing, and also Provides: mail-transport-agent?
You have already the answer. ssmtp is an MTA, and pushmail (see the
description above) allows to push mail *without* an MTA.
ssmtp sends mail to your mail hub, only mail to your configured mail
host; pushmail allows different "pushes", with different
servers, different ports, different authentication
methods, *SSL* support, per user configuration, pre-exec.
Look at pushmail man page for details.
Christian
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