From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A7CE138CD3 for ; Mon, 8 Jun 2015 22:46:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BC564E08F1; Mon, 8 Jun 2015 22:46:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D66C4E08DA for ; Mon, 8 Jun 2015 22:46:10 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: A0DkEgA731xV/4+2CkxcgxCBMogluzcJh0sEAgKBPDkUAQEBAQEBAYEKQQWDXQEBAwE6HCgLCyETEg8FJTeIJAjPIwEBCAIBH4s6hBkJEQFYFoMBgRYBBJJwd4oIgSiGUItEghSBRSOEFCIxgQyBOwEBAQ X-IPAS-Result: A0DkEgA731xV/4+2CkxcgxCBMogluzcJh0sEAgKBPDkUAQEBAQEBAYEKQQWDXQEBAwE6HCgLCyETEg8FJTeIJAjPIwEBCAIBH4s6hBkJEQFYFoMBgRYBBJJwd4oIgSiGUItEghSBRSOEFCIxgQyBOwEBAQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.13,465,1427774400"; d="scan'208";a="125323111" Received: from 76-10-182-143.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([76.10.182.143]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with SMTP; 08 Jun 2015 18:46:09 -0400 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 08 Jun 2015 18:45:36 -0400 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2015 18:45:36 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] msmtp vs. nullmailer Message-ID: <20150608224536.GA32762@waltdnes.org> References: <20150608114704.2da5a784@thetick> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20150608114704.2da5a784@thetick> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-Archives-Salt: b8b6be72-835d-4b7e-9d2e-e9e938936ee6 X-Archives-Hash: ef362d355f52bac68e75f9d8f3888fbe On Mon, Jun 08, 2015 at 11:47:04AM +0200, Marc Joliet wrote > So my question is: what is your preference, nullmailer or msmtp > (or neither?), and why? I'm still using ssmtp. It still works. I look at it this way... there's no more development being done, because it's already perfect . It'll go into background mode if an email is sent, and the receiving MTA doesn't accept within approx 45 seconds or so. I also like the fact that there's one config file. My dialup script (emergency backup when ADSL is down) runs su to copy over the ssmtp.conf file with the dialup ISP's MTA. When I sign off, the "dialdown" script runs su to copy over the ssmtp.conf file with the ADSL ISP's MTA. -- Walter Dnes I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications