sfb@asdiris.UUCP (sfb) (10/02/90)
We are considering installing ELM. We are currently using SMAIL. Will ELM replace SMAIL? Is it as good as SMAIL? I like the ability of SMAIL to pull the comp.mail.maps from USENET and keep paths (relatively) current. Anyway... Let me know of your opinions. Thanks, Steve
markw@gvlf1-c.gvl.unisys.com (Mark H. Weber) (10/02/90)
In article <297@asdiris.UUCP> sfb@asdiris.UUCP (sfb) writes: > >We are considering installing ELM. We are currently using SMAIL. Will >ELM replace SMAIL? Is it as good as SMAIL? > Actually, smail and elm work very nicely together. Elm is a Mail User Agent (MUA) and smail is a Mail Transport Agent (MTA), you need one of each in order to send and receive mail. Elm can be used instead of whatever you are currently using for a MUA, and can be easily configured to work with smail. Hope this helps! -- Mark H. Weber | Internet: markw@GVL.Unisys.COM Unisys - Great Valley Labs | UUCP: ...!uunet!cbmvax!gvlv2!markw Paoli, PA USA (215) 648-7111 | ...!psuvax1!burdvax!gvlv2!markw
jms@informix.com (John Stephens) (10/02/90)
sfb@asdiris.UUCP (sfb) writes: >We are considering installing ELM. We are currently using SMAIL. Will >ELM replace SMAIL? Is it as good as SMAIL? I like the ability of SMAIL >to pull the comp.mail.maps from USENET and keep paths (relatively) >current. Anyway... Let me know of your opinions. ELM is a mail reader, while SMAIL is a mail delivery agent. They are two disjoint pieces of a complete mail system. A messge is generated as the output of a mail reader or mail tool, and is then handed off to the delivery agent, typically sendmail or, in this case, smail, which interprets the addressing and routing of the message and transfers it to the appropriate transport medium [ uucp, smtp, etc. ] In answer to your original question (finally !), smail and elm are quite compatible and will form the basis of a nice mail environment. > Thanks, > Steve jms -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Jack Stephens ..!{uunet|pyramid}!infmx!jms --or-- ..!jack!wzlr!jms | | Systems Programmer "Into the valley of Death rode the 600... | | Informix Software which allowed them to use the carpool lane." |
jiii@sapphire.idbsu.edu (John Van Deusen - guest student) (10/04/90)
In article <971@gvlv2.GVL.Unisys.COM> markw@gvlf1-c.UUCP (Mark H. Weber) writes: > ... Elm is a Mail User Agent (MUA) and smail is a Mail Transport Agent > ... > Mark H. Weber | Internet: markw@GVL.Unisys.COM Actually I think Elm, and /bin/mail and mailx, are correctly called user agents (UA). You need one of each, like he said. -- jiii