Re: e-mail applications

[Martin P Holland <nospam [at] noether.freeserve.co.uk>]

On Tue, 08 Jun 1999, you wrote:
>sheflug - http://home.freeuk.net/shef.lug
>
>On Tue, 8 Jun 1999, Richard wrote:
>
>> > Assuming you're using C, can't you use exec() or something and let
>> > [send|fetch]mail take the strain?
>>
>> Most of the mail apps that I use in X-windows use SMTP and POP3.
>
>? - Why does this stop you using sendmail as your transport agent?
>
>SMTP POP3 are protocols, not software.

I'm guessing but I expect that Richard wants his apps to work whether or not
people have sendmail set up properly on their system (or even installed at all).

A single-user machine doesn't really need to have sendmail.

atb
Martin
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