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On 2012-03-12 10:20 PM, Robin H. Johnson wrote: |
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> One of the greatest things that bugs me about ssmtp is that if the |
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> mailserver is not available, it hangs for a while, and then it loses the |
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> email. |
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To be fair, a queue-less design does keep it simple. |
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> Where I need a simple mail relay, I've gone with nullmailer instead, |
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> because it supports the features, and it explicitly has a lightweight |
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> daemon mode that queues mail to send. |
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msmtp: TLS/SSL and AUTH support. Config can be easier. No queue. |
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nullmailer: AUTH support. No TLS/SSL. Easy to configure and use. Has |
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a queue. |
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I like nullmailer better but usually go with msmtp. TLS/SSL is usually |
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mandatory for login when emails go to some central mail hub and not |
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directly to MX hosts - which is pretty much guaranteed nowadays. I am |
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not sure if we should install a TLS-less mailer by default. |
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Some documantation would be nice in either case. |
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Eray Aslan <eras@g.o> |
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