Re: Sun doesn't have an emailer app?

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2000


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 31739
interpreted = N
texte = On 5/10/00 2:27 PM, Donovan Rittenbach at donovan@nekomedia.com wrote:> Why doesn't it show up in the admin? What is a person supposed to do?Unix systems use the operating system's mail service, usually /usr/sbin/sendmail. The art, science and voodoo of administering this beast as well beyond the scope of this list. Nay, there's been dozens of books and hundreds of white papers on the subject. If you or your system admin has sendmail already running (and it's almost a sure thing you do) you shouldn't even have to worry with it.The Emailer applet is just an SMTP client to provide that functionality under Mac OS, which doesn't ship with a mail service.Note to SMSI: The ability to use an alternative mailer (say if you're running EIMS or CommuniGate on the same box) might make for a nice feature for Mac WebCat 4.1 when the next development cycle starts. I know I could use one less thing on my Mac server's application menu.-- Andrew Vernon avernon@dramatols.net------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Sun doesn't have an emailer app? (J Lane 2000)
  2. Re: Sun doesn't have an emailer app? (Andrew Vernon 2000)
  3. Re: Sun doesn't have an emailer app? (WebDNA Support 2000)
  4. Re: Sun doesn't have an emailer app? (J Lane 2000)
  5. Sun doesn't have an emailer app? (Donovan Rittenbach 2000)
On 5/10/00 2:27 PM, Donovan Rittenbach at donovan@nekomedia.com wrote:> Why doesn't it show up in the admin? What is a person supposed to do?Unix systems use the operating system's mail service, usually /usr/sbin/sendmail. The art, science and voodoo of administering this beast as well beyond the scope of this list. Nay, there's been dozens of books and hundreds of white papers on the subject. If you or your system admin has sendmail already running (and it's almost a sure thing you do) you shouldn't even have to worry with it.The Emailer applet is just an SMTP client to provide that functionality under Mac OS, which doesn't ship with a mail service.Note to SMSI: The ability to use an alternative mailer (say if you're running EIMS or CommuniGate on the same box) might make for a nice feature for Mac WebCat 4.1 when the next development cycle starts. I know I could use one less thing on my Mac server's application menu.-- Andrew Vernon avernon@dramatols.net------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Andrew Vernon

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