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What is most "bullet proof" email configuration?
July 30, 2009, 05:35:25 am
SMTP, Sendmail, other?

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Re: What is most "bullet proof" email configuration?
July 30, 2009, 07:46:51 am
I would recommend SMTP. Although sendmail also works fine for me.

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Re: What is most "bullet proof" email configuration?
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Re: What is most "bullet proof" email configuration?
July 30, 2009, 09:35:15 pm
For automatic bounce handling (using VERP), SMTP is the way to go.  Few sendmail installs will allow you to set the return-path dynamically, and the sender of your mailouts will have bounces returned to them (rather than to the automatic bounce handling).

With larger mailouts, this can be a real issue. If you're not using the bounce handler / VERP, or don't mind dealing with the bounces yourself, that won't matter.

(To clarify: "sendmail" here means "use sendmail from commandline", not Sendmail the daemon.)
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Re: What is most "bullet proof" email configuration?
July 31, 2009, 12:52:15 am
Also, MTAs such as Postfix and (I think) Exim implement sendmail when they are installed. So all you achieve by using sendmail in that case is limiting your flexibility, as @xurizaemon rightly points out.

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