From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 30 22:20:40 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9CE116A4CE for ; Sun, 30 Nov 2003 22:20:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from apollo.laserfence.net (apollo.laserfence.net [196.44.69.138]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 568A043FA3 for ; Sun, 30 Nov 2003 22:20:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from will@unfoldings.net) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (helo=localhost) by apollo.laserfence.net with esmtp (Exim 4.24; FreeBSD) id 1AQhQ5-000Cz3-C9; Mon, 01 Dec 2003 08:20:29 +0200 Received: from apollo.laserfence.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (apollo.laserfence.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 48905-05; Mon, 1 Dec 2003 08:20:11 +0200 (SAST) Received: from [192.168.255.1] (helo=prometheus.home.laserfence.net) by apollo.laserfence.net with esmtp (Exim 4.24; FreeBSD) id 1AQhPl-000Cyn-Kv; Mon, 01 Dec 2003 08:20:10 +0200 Received: from arista.home.laserfence.net ([192.168.0.10] helo=arista) by prometheus.home.laserfence.net with smtp (Exim 4.10) id 1AQhPg-000F0l-00; Mon, 01 Dec 2003 08:20:04 +0200 Message-ID: <013601c3b7d3$45d252e0$0a00a8c0@arista> From: "Willie Viljoen" To: "Zoran Kolic" , References: <20031201055940.GA520@> Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 08:20:53 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at laserfence.net Subject: Re: mail without mta X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 06:20:40 -0000 Have you considered using Exim as your MTA? It is much simpler to configure and use than sendmail, and alot less hungry for resources, but it will give you the same (and even better) functionality to sendmail. Exim is in /usr/ports/mail/exim/ Will ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zoran Kolic" To: Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 7:59 AM Subject: mail without mta > > Dear list! > I'd like to know if some- > one has experience with system > running no mta (aka sendmail). > I have single comp, not server, > not lan. Yes! Sendmail is nice, > but it is too big for simple > tasks I have for it. > My intention is to use apps > small as possible. This letter > gone from mutt directly to > ssmtp, that processed it to my > isp. (Setting option for > sendmail as "/usr/local/sbin/ssmtp".) > Little drawback is that one > cannot write second letter > and send it at the same time. > Some sort of queue would be > helpful. > Problems start receiving mail. > Fetchmail manual announces po- > ssibility for handing over to > procmail. Option should be > "mda procmail" in user section. > I made no rc file for procmail. > Test letter really came from > pop server to my local depot > (/var/mail/zoran). And... Mutt > cannot read it. Says "/var/mail/ > /zoran is not maildir". It is > by default, my dear mutt! > I see, that I have to make some > procmailrc configuration file. > To tell the system, that procmail > is local delivery agent now, > who is on the machine and where > target files are. I need additional > reading to anticipate that. > No local mail = no system messages. > And no simple system I'd like. > Documentation on internet > says, that shell in procmailrc > should be /bin/sh. I use tcsh and > the only solution would be to add > /usr/local/bin/bash. Defaults > are already on the machine. Why > procmail doesn't use them? > Aliases? File permissions? > It is the step I cannot make > for now. Turning sendmail on > again gave me mail back. > I suppose that someone uses > similar configuration on laptop > or other not heavy loaded machine. > Best regards > > ZK > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >