[ILUG] fetchmail newbie question

[Paul J Collins]

>>>>> "DM" == David Murphy <drjolt+ilug at redbrick.dcu.ie> writes:

    DM> Quoting <6uy9te9yi1.fsf at zork.zork.net>
    DM> by Paul J Collins <sneakums at zork.net>:

    >> You must have an MTA (such as Sendmail, Exim or Postfix)
    >> configured and operating correctly for local deliveries for
    >> fetchmail to successfully retrieve your mail.

    DM> You can use the -m option to pass directly to a local delivery
    DM> agent if you don't want to bother with a local MTA.

Now that's just sick!  Sick, but... curiously appealing.

Running a local MTA is useful anyway because you can send mail and let
it pile up in its queue; many distros run the MTA's queue when a PPP
link comes up, so it all work out fabulously.

Now that I think of all the things that use the mail system (cron
being one) running a system without one is not a good idea at all.

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