[gentoo-user] Re: Simple SMTP to cmd-line MTA relay?

[Grant Edwards]

On 2018-01-19, Ian Zimmerman <itz@××××××××××××.org> wrote:
> On 2018-01-19 18:03, Grant Edwards wrote:
>
>> It needs to accept messages as an SMTP server (using SSL and AUTH on a
>> non-standard port) from a single user and single source and then relay
>> them by passing them to a command-line MTA (e.g. /usr/bin/sendmail
>> replacement provided by msmtp).
>
> Just like the others writing in this thread, I am wondering why you need
> 2 pieces here.  Why won't e.g. exim do both sides of this for you?
> It certainly has all the functionality.

I don't see how you can say that when you don't know the method that
my command-line MTA uses to transfer mail on down the path towards
delivery.

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