Kostik Belousov <kostikbel_at_gmail.com> writes: > On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 05:33:00PM -0400, Lowell Gilbert wrote: >> The point of DMA is that it does the absolute minimum needed to get a >> workable system. That *minimum* is really just delivering locally >> generated mail somewhere else, primarily to make sure root's cron >> e-mails go somewhere. To actually receive mail, another MTA would >> always be needed. > Does this mean that standalone machine will not work out of the box > until external email receiver is set up and configured ? In other > words, out of the box, local mail is lost ? No, my understanding of the out-of-the-box behaviour is that locally generated, locally destined mail is delivered locally. Remotely destined mail won't work very well unless a smarthost is defined.Received on Wed Sep 23 2009 - 11:32:25 UTC
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