Home file server - looking for ULTRA BASIC mail agent

[Karl Goetz]

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On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:29:59 -0500
"Greg Michalski" <ubuntulists at distinctperspectives.com> wrote:


> 
> Browsing through the Ubuntu packages list, sSMTP looks like a good
> solution. Does anyone have experience with it and am I right in my
> interpretation of the description here :
> http://www.linux.com/feature/132006 in reading that it meets my needs
> stated above?  It reads like it's very easy to setup and in effect I
> only have a single user.
> 
> Any comments/suggestions/flaming appreciated. :)

sSMTP does fit the bill, but will discard email when its upstream
server is unreachable (and not resend later).
There's also a number of issues open in the Debian BTS over the package,
and I believe its no longer maintained upstream.
kk

> 
> Greg


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Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS)
Debian user / gNewSense contributor
http://www.kgoetz.id.au
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