[Linux-disciples] sendmail vs. smtp

[Stephen R Laniel]

I sort of wonder if the installer means "deliver outbound messages to the local machine's port 25" versus "use our own built-in mailer"?

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On Aug 16, 2010, at 8:24 PM, Dylan Paul Thurston <dpt at math.columbia.edu> wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 03:40:00PM -0400, Jamie Forrest wrote:
>> I'm configuring a Joomla install for my daughter's school on their web  
>> servers, and I can either use sendmail or smtp for outgoing mail. We  
>> don't send that much mail but about 5-6 times a year we send out a  
>> bulk email via Joomla (CiviCRM) to about 300 people. Should I use  
>> sendmail or smtp for this?
> 
> As Steve said, sendmail is a server; SMTP is a protocol.  Maybe you
> meant exim or postfix?
> 
> Anyway, sendmail is (or used to be) famously difficult to configure,
> so generally something else is recommended.
> 
> --Dylan
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