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Re: [PATCH] send-email: allow sendmail binary to be used instead of SMTP

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
May 15, 2006, 21:13 UTC
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<7vhd3rgfey.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
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Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com> writes:
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> I think, in practice, that /usr/lib/sendmail will exist anywhere you hve
> something running on port 25, at least on unixy machines.  In my
> searches at an old job, that appeared to be the canonical place to call
> sendmail from, and every MTA appears to provide an appropriate binary
> there.
>
> So, I'm not overly worried about it.
exim, postfix and friends?

I used to know somebody who port-forwarded 25/tcp to central smtp server from smaller machines in her intranet installation, but I would say that is rare. I am not worried about it either; I just wanted to make sure _somebody_ thought the potential issues through and agreed with the change the patch makes.

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Message 15 of 17 in “send-email: allow sendmail binary to be used instead of SMTP”
  1. send-email: allow sendmail binary to be used instead of SMTPEric Wong, May 15, 2006
  2. Eric WongMay 15, 2006
  3. send-email: quiet some warningsEric Wong, May 15, 2006
  4. Junio C HamanoMay 15, 2006
  5. send-email: quiet some warnings, reject invalid addressesEric Wong, May 15, 2006
  6. Junio C HamanoMay 15, 2006
  7. Eric WongMay 15, 2006
  8. send-email: allow sendmail binary to be used instead of SMTPEric Wong, May 15, 2006
  9. Junio C HamanoMay 15, 2006
  10. Eric WongMay 15, 2006
  11. Martin LanghoffMay 15, 2006
  12. Junio C HamanoMay 15, 2006
  13. Eric WongMay 15, 2006
  14. Ryan AndersonMay 15, 2006
  15. Junio C HamanoMay 15, 2006
  16. Ryan AndersonMay 15, 2006
  17. Martin LanghoffMay 15, 2006

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