Tim wrote:
On Sat, 2007-02-17 at 11:41 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote:
I suppose I can't speak for everyone, but in this century if my
computer couldn't complete a mail delivery within the several-day
default sendmail timeout, I probably wouldn't choose it to run as an
internet mail server.
I set one up precisely for that reason. It was a mostly off-line
system. Running a central server meant that when it was on-line it'd
get everyone's mail, and send what was possible. When it was off-line
users could read whatever mail was waiting for them, and send off a
reply, and it'd be sent at the first time possible. On the other hand,
if we didn't have a SMTP server, they wouldn't be able to send anything,
at all, while the network was off-line.
It did the job rather well, but sendmail needed tweaking for the timeout
periods.
Most ISPs offer email service along with the connection package. Even
if you run your own server, using the ISP as an outbound relay should
make sure that deliveries always succeed quickly.
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Les Mikesell
lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
