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philforrest 08-24-2008 11:25 PM

Default non-local MTA ?
 
This is odd....I've never thought of it before because I've never had to consider it. But, is there an accepted way to specify a default MTA that worker servers should use? i.e. suppose you have:

mailserver.domain.tld
server1.domain.tld
server2.domain.tld
server3.domain.tld

What should be done such that server[1|2|3] does not have to run either sendmail or postfix to get mail to mailserver? i.e. How can you tell the 3 worker servers to just open an smtp connection to mailserver for all outbound mail?

Maybe I haven't thought about this problem in the right way, but it's got me stumped at the moment haha.

Thanks,
Phil

trickykid 08-25-2008 03:51 PM

To my knowledge, they need some sort of MTA running in order to send email.

Mr. C. 08-25-2008 10:13 PM

There are very trivial MTAs that may suit your needs (ssmtp, mini_sendmail, smtpclient, etc.). Any of these will likely suit your needs, provided your client's do not require or call the sendmail binary (which is supplied with Sendmail, Postfix, Exim).


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