[ale] Sendmail and MTA

[jtholmes]

Thanks for the info, as I get a little closer I may query you for
a little more info. I definitely do not want to use exchange if
I dont have to and you indicate that outlook is capable of talking
to an MTA so that would handle the problem and I concur with
the Local Lan mail  postfix or qmail
Thanks again.
jt

Emil P. Man wrote:

> jtholmes wrote:
>
>> I want to make this short.
>> If not enough details then I can provide more.
>> Sendmail usually Xfers to  a Mail Transfer Agent (Usually another
>> instance of Sendmail)
>>
>> Situation.
>> Several Linux boxes in a MS Windows env, on Bell South DSL.
>> Bell South DSL connection currently acts as MTA
>>
>> Needed
>> Ability for all on the Local lan both Linux and Windozs to
>> be able to email locally and to the Internet.
>> Dont want to use MS Exchange
>> Is Outlook capable of talking to an MTA
>>
> Why MS-exchange? To act as a SMTP or to act as IMAP type server? 
> problem here is this: to configure MS-Outlook to work as it would with 
> MS-Exchange, but using linux MTA is a pain. But if you strictly want 
> MTA with outlook, like pop3 and smtp that is not a problem.
>
>> Is this a viable solution
>>
> this can definatelly be done:
>
>> One Linux box acting as Local MTA
>> Local MTA Linux forwards Outbound (not for local lan) to Bell South MTA
>> All other Linux boxes forwarding to local MTA
>> All Windows  boxes do What?  Evolution? Would like to use some MS 
>> product
>>  to keep things simple for those poor Windows users.
>>
> outlook will act as MTA without a problem as long as sendmail is 
> configured right. Here is what you want to know thogh:
> do you want your smtp server to deliver directly to outbound e-mail 
> addresses or do you want e-mails to go through linux box and then to 
> bellsouth smtp?
> also sendmail (don't use sendmail, use postfix or qmail a lot easier 
> to configure) will deliver local e-mail without going through 
> bellsouth smtp automatically... you don't really need to configure 
> this unless you are looking at a crazy setup.
>
>> Thanks
>> jtholmes
>>
>>
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