[techtalk] Hi.I'm new.Postfix/mail server questions...

[Michelle Murrain]

On Monday 21 May 2001 02:40 pm, Kai MacTane wrote:
> At 5/21/01 06:35 AM , Michelle Murrain wrote:
> >I'm going to put a pitch in for Sendmail. I know that many people don't
> > like it because of its complexity, and you do need an MTA to go with it.
>
> ??? Sendmail *is* an MTA.
>
> >But it's the most used mail server, there's an O'Reilly book on it, and
> >lots of people have spent lots of time on it. Also, most of the mail
> >accessories (MTAs, mailing list managers, etc.) work best with Sendmail,
> >because it's the most common.
>
> Ah, I think I see. You're confusing MTAs and MUAs.
>
> MTA = Mail Transfer Agent (Sendmail, Qmail, etc.)
> MUA = Mail User Agent (Pine, elm, mutt, Eudora, Outlook, etc.)
>
> Typos (and thinkos) happen to the best of us. But I wanted to make sure
> that got cleared up.

gak! Thanks. My brain is on freeze or something. It wasn't a typo, but a 
brain fart. 

(I think it's because I've been deep up to my elbows in a weird debian 
sendmail bug that I think now has finally been cleared up)

Michelle
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Michelle Murrain, Ph.D.
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Norwottuck Technology Resources
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