[ILUG] mta for a laptop?

[Justin Mason]

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kevin lyda writes:
> can anyone recommend a simple mta for a laptop?  something that just
> forwards the mail to a smarthost with some sort of smtp-auth
> authentication?
> 
> apt lists a package called "nullmailer" that seems to provide this
> functionality.  but i'm wondering if people have experience with any
> alternatives.

I use postfix for this; postfix is a good general purpose MTA with
configuration that makes sense. "relayhost" is the parameter.

alternatively, a nifty trick: tunnel your outgoing SMTP over SSH,
for safe use on sniffable networks:

        http://taint.org/2003/10/14/021302a.html

finally, more Debian (well, Ubuntu) tips:

        https://wiki.ubuntu.com//PackageManagementHowTo

- --j.
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