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

[Kai MacTane]

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.

                                                 --Kai MacTane
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