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Dear Ian, |
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On Wed 20 Sep 2017 at 08:23:33 -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote: |
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> Despite being one of the retro/traditionalist guys on this list, I have |
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> to say installing sendmail just for this purpose doesn't seem |
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> proportionate. Even if you don't want to look into the smallish MTA |
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> packages (nullmailer etc.), you can make /usr/sbin/sendmail to be a |
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> pretty trivial script (or a link to one) that just locks the destination |
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> mailbox and appends the input to it. Heck, procmail could do that. |
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I appreciate your opinion. I normally seek to avoid unnecessary |
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complication and find the right tool for the job. Since this is my |
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first Gentoo install, this is the first time I had to pick an MTA by |
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myself. Not knowing much about MTAs I though Sendmail was a |
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common/traditional choice and would therefore probably serve my need. |
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I will check out nullmailer and other MTAs to see if they better fit my |
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need without adding extra complexity. As I wrote John I was able to |
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resolve the issue so I can take my time now. |
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Thank you, |
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Bas |
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Sebastiaan L. Zoutendijk | slzoutendijk@×××××.com |
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