[wplug] Personal mail from sendmail or smtp?

[mike.h]

Unless you want the joy of maintaining your own mail server and have the
necessary prerequisites (Linux + Sendmail + static IP + domain name + time
and knowhow for administration), I'd use the isp's smtp server.

Of course, if learning is your goal, running your own mail server can be
educational.

I use sendmail as my mail server for both incoming and outgoing mail, and
most often send and receive mail using a smtp/pop3 client (Outlook-not
express from Win2K or Evolution from RH).

-mike.h

-----Original Message-----
From: wplug-admin at wplug.org [mailto:wplug-admin at wplug.org]On Behalf Of
Twisted Cranium
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 9:54 PM
To: wplug at wplug.org
Subject: [wplug] Personal mail from sendmail or smtp?



Hello everyone....

I recently have had broadband setup and can no longer use the
mail.domainname.com server as my outgoing mail server since "forwarding" is
not allowed by the isp.  (Which I can assume is a good thing in the long
run)

Now I can either send mail from my linux machine through the isp's smtp
server (smtp.isp.com) or I noticed that I can use the sendmail program on
linux to send it through.

Not knowing enough to make a wise choice here, which is the safest method
that I should use?  And which would be the method I should use to not have
myself flagged on any blacklists and that sort of thing?

Thanks
Twisted


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