Send/receive mail in text mode in ubuntu

Derek Broughton news at pointerstop.ca
Wed Oct 3 18:52:32 UTC 2007


Derek Broughton wrote:

> Rashkae wrote:
> 
>> Derek Broughton wrote:
>>> Sauro Cesaretti wrote:
>>> 
>>>> First of all, I'd like to avoid postfix and sendmail.
>>> 
>>> You can't avoid "sendmail".  You're going to need _some_ mail transfer
>>> agent, and they all implement sendmail.
>> 
>> This is not really correct,, Sendmail implements smtp.. so does postfix
>> and Exim... they do not 'implement' sendmail.
> 
> Yes, it's _really_ correct.  They all install a /usr/bin/sendmail.  Every
> single one of the half-dozen I've used.

oops - /usr/sbin/sendmail...
-- 
derek





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