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On 19/01/2018 22:01, Grant Edwards wrote: |
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> On 2018-01-19, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> On 19/01/2018 21:43, Ian Zimmerman wrote: |
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>>> On 2018-01-19 18:49, Grant Edwards wrote: |
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>>>>> Just like the others writing in this thread, I am wondering why you |
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>>>>> need 2 pieces here. Why won't e.g. exim do both sides of this for |
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>>>>> you? It certainly has all the functionality. |
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>>>> I don't see how you can say that when you don't know the method that |
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>>>> my command-line MTA uses to transfer mail on down the path towards |
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>>>> delivery. |
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>>> I can say it because I have some experience with exim, and I know it can |
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>>> do pretty much anything. If its configuration language isn't Turing |
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>>> complete, it is quite damn close to it. And the same can be said of |
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>>> sendmail, though I know much less about it know. |
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>> I'm also wondering why you need 2 bits. Earlier in the thread you |
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>> mentioned that you send perhaps a few messages a week and never more |
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>> than one connection at a time. |
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>> Why do you need anything more complex than ssmtp? |
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> I'm not just _sending_ mail. I'm relaying mail that's being sent by |
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> another host. I need an SMTP server that supports AUTH and SSL. |
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OK |
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>> where are the messages coming from? localhost? the lan? somewhere |
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>> on the internet? |
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> SMTP clients (on the Internet). I thought that was sort of implied by |
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> the requirement for an SMTP server (with AUTH and SSL). |
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Well, sort of implied. The door was still open for all manner of other |
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interpretations. Eg, you have 10 staff but only 2 may send mail, so |
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authorize them by username and password - ssl, no internet. There are |
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many other possibles |
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>> Grant, you should explain your requirements in detail. |
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> I thought I did. |
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> My requirement is to provide an SMTP server (with AUTH and SSL) that |
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> accepts mail and relays it by invoking a command-line utility that has |
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> the same usage as /usr/bin/sendmail. |
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Is it correct to assume this sendmail-like utility is the broken one |
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that does the next step as you want it, presumably delivering to Exchange? |
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Configure the delivery options in MTA you set up to pipe the mail to |
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this sendmail-like app. All MTAs can do that and they usually explain |
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how to at length in their docs |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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