Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: Change mail-mta/msmtp to be the default in virtual/mta instead of mail-mta/ssmtp ?

[Eray Aslan <eras@gentoo.org>]

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On 2012-03-12 10:20 PM, Robin H. Johnson wrote:
> One of the greatest things that bugs me about ssmtp is that if the
> mailserver is not available, it hangs for a while, and then it loses the
> email. 

To be fair, a queue-less design does keep it simple.

> Where I need a simple mail relay, I've gone with nullmailer instead,
> because it supports the features, and it explicitly has a lightweight
> daemon mode that queues mail to send.

msmtp: TLS/SSL and AUTH support.  Config can be easier.  No queue.
nullmailer:  AUTH support.  No TLS/SSL.  Easy to configure and use.  Has
a queue.

I like nullmailer better but usually go with msmtp.  TLS/SSL is usually
mandatory for login when emails go to some central mail hub and not
directly to MX hosts - which is pretty much guaranteed nowadays.  I am
not sure if we should install a TLS-less mailer by default.

Some documantation would be nice in either case.

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Eray Aslan <eras@gentoo.org>


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