From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1O56n8-0008Ed-Nu for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:30:46 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F0004E07A5; Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:30:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C46F3E07A5 for ; Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:30:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 649E11B4062 for ; Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:30:17 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -3.399 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.399 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.800, BAYES_00=-2.599] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id BydLujI85qNk for ; Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:30:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18ADF64143 for ; Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:30:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O56mS-00054H-JJ for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Fri, 23 Apr 2010 02:30:04 +0200 Received: from c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net ([98.215.178.110]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 23 Apr 2010 02:30:04 +0200 Received: from reader by c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 23 Apr 2010 02:30:04 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org connect(): No such file or directory From: Harry Putnam Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Setting up a fall back ISP SMTP in sendmail Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:25:11 -0500 Organization: Still searching... Message-ID: <87r5m7j9qw.fsf@newsguy.com> References: <87fx2qqg0f.fsf@newsguy.com> <201004211222.42858.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> 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 X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:VRWZf+4V2AqJEhR7WYizBO/yUTc= X-Archives-Salt: da012fdd-3e7d-423a-b3df-d15f2c987ad9 X-Archives-Hash: 0022d26d30653af1c12a9d4b779465ed Alan McKinnon writes: >> Internet mail is quite complex, yes. > This statement is the source of the confusion surrounding sendmail. > Internet mail is not complex, it is stunningly simple: > mail comes in, > look up where it should go, > send it there [...] Egad, I had no idea it was so simple; maybe you should tell all those guys who collaborate in writing piles of rfcs that pertain to internet mail and related issues, I bet they don't know it so easy either. :)