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Grant Edwards wrote: |
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> On 2014-06-25, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> I have to say, I dread setting up a mail server about as bad as I dread |
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>> going to the Doctor. It's just something I really don't want to add to |
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>> my system unless I have to. It's sort of like the init thingy. I don't |
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>> want to add something else that will eventually break and I'll have to |
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>> fix. The mail system won't keep me from booting but it is just one more |
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>> thing to keep a eye on and make sure it is working. So, making sure the |
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>> mail system is working will likely take up the same amount of time that |
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>> checking the drive manually every month or so will take. |
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> I think you are _vastly_ overestimating the amount of effort required |
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> to install and set up something like msmtp. It's completely trivial |
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> compared to setting up sendmail (or even postfix). If you know the |
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> name of your ISP's smtp server along with the username and password, |
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> it doesn't take more than a minute or two to set up. And it just |
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> doesn't break (unless you change the password and forget to update the |
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> msmtp config file). |
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It was more Murphy's law I was worried about. ;-) |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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