24 Oct
2015
24 Oct
'15
7:20 a.m.
On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 12:12:34PM +1100, Brian May wrote:
Like it or not it is common practise to do this directly from the MUA. This offers advantages such as being able to enter the remote SMTP password when sending the email instead of saving it on disk (not that many people do this...)
it also offers the disadvantage, as you discovered, of screwing up if the remote smarthost is unreachable for any reason. that's why i said that an MUAs job is to hand the mail to an MTA (prerably on localhost or at least on the local network) and forget about it. at that point, the MUA's job is done, finished. craig -- craig sanders <cas@taz.net.au>