dave@arnold.UUCP (Dave Arnold) (08/12/87)
Excuse my ignorance, but: What is Smail, what is sendmail, what is uumail, and why would anybody want to use them on the 7300? Should I consider using one? I would like to be able to send mail, but have the uucp work involved queued, rather than having the system immediately contacted. Do any of the above programs do that for me? Dave Arnold -- Name: Dave Arnold USmail: 26561 Fresno, Mission Viejo, Ca, 92691 USA DDD: Home: +1 714 586 5894, Work: +1 714 999 3482 UUCP: ...!seismo!uunet!arnold!dave
kathy@bakerst.UUCP (Kathy Vincent) (08/16/87)
In article <139@arnold.UUCP> dave@arnold.UUCP (Dave Arnold) writes: >Excuse my ignorance, but: > >What is Smail, what is sendmail, what is uumail, and why would anybody >want to use them on the 7300? Should I consider using one? >I would like to be able to send mail, but have the uucp work involved >queued, rather than having the system immediately contacted. Do >any of the above programs do that for me? I've got smail running, and, yes, smail will do that for you all by its lonesome. Sendmail is one of those things I dropped after 3.5 because it seemed to be a culprit in some nasty crashes I kept having. I don't miss it - smail does everything I seem to need. I don't know anything about uumail. In addition to queuing mail, one of the other nice things about smail is that it understands the login@site addresses, which is very useful - assuming (a) you have access to the usenet maps and can construct your own paths file for smail to use, OR (b) you have access to someone else who has access to the usenet maps and who can construct a mail paths file for you for smail to use, OR (c) you connect to a site that has a smart mailer and its own paths file and that can act as a "smart-host" and deliver the mail for you. The queuing alone may be worth it, though. Kathy Vincent kathy@bakerst.UUCP :<*>:<*>:<*>:<*>:<*>:<*>:<*>:<*>:<*>:<*>:<*>:<*>:<*>:<*>:<*>:<*>:<*>: Home: {ihnp4|mtune|codas|ptsfa}!bakerst!kathy AT&T: {ihnp4|mtune|burl}!wrcola!kathy