Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:32:23 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-current-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BIND in the base (Was: Re: tmux(1) in base) Message-ID: <448wg5ais8.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20090923102004.GB47688@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> (Kostik Belousov's message of "Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:20:04 %2B0300") References: <20090921112657.GW95398@hoeg.nl> <20090922135435.36a3d40e@lazybytes.org> <4AB90448.9020706@FreeBSD.org> <19e9a5dc0909221014o14e88c96ubf32142b85d781d@mail.gmail.com> <20090922173517.GB63149@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20090922200449.GL19207@rugsucker.local> <44vdja1x83.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <20090923102004.GB47688@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua>
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Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> writes: > On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 05:33:00PM -0400, Lowell Gilbert wrote: >> The point of DMA is that it does the absolute minimum needed to get a >> workable system. That *minimum* is really just delivering locally >> generated mail somewhere else, primarily to make sure root's cron >> e-mails go somewhere. To actually receive mail, another MTA would >> always be needed. > Does this mean that standalone machine will not work out of the box > until external email receiver is set up and configured ? In other > words, out of the box, local mail is lost ? No, my understanding of the out-of-the-box behaviour is that locally generated, locally destined mail is delivered locally. Remotely destined mail won't work very well unless a smarthost is defined.
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