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Date:      Sun, 7 Jul 2024 10:14:37 +0200 (CEST)
From:      freebsd@oldach.net (Helge Oldach)
To:        fbsd@www.zefox.net (bob prohaska)
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Using dma for external incoming mail
Message-ID:  <202407070814.4678Ebdm011129@nuc.oldach.net>
In-Reply-To: <ZomITiPJuhngG1ap@www.zefox.net> from bob prohaska at "6 Jul 2024 11:09:18"

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bob prohaska wrote on Sat, 06 Jul 2024 20:09:18 +0200 (CEST):
> What are the constraints preventing its use for receiving external mail?
> It looks as if simply setting it to listen on port 25 will do the job.

DMA doesn't listen.

> My interest stems in part from the need to occasionally correspond with
> gmail users. I find explicit instructions for setting up dma for this
> purpose but have yet to find similar instruction for sendmail.

In case your mailbox is on gmail (or some other external provider) you
can pull emails with mail/fetchmail.

DMA would be able to deliver email to gmail (or elsewhere).

Kind regards
Helge



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