Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Need advice in selecting a mail server
Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:30:42
Message-Id: 20090708163035.68652789@zaphod.digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Need advice in selecting a mail server by "J. Roeleveld"
1 On Wed, 8 Jul 2009 17:11:51 +0200, J. Roeleveld wrote:
2
3 > I don't think ssmtp actually listens on port 25, but only sends email
4 > to a SMTP server that does listen on port 25. (ports can be configured,
5 > but 25 is the default SMTP-port)
6
7 That's correct. If you need a minimal server that runs as a daemon, try
8 nullmailer. It provides a sendmail that forwards to a proper server, like
9 ssmtp does, but it also listens on port 25 and does the same with
10 messages arriving there.
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13 --
14 Neil Bothwick
15
16 Why marry a virgin? If she wasn't good enough for the rest of them, then
17 she isn't good enough for you.

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