Re: sendmail_wait for smtp ?

Marianne, thank you very much for the links, and everybody else
for the suggestions.  Had no idea that Mutt wasn't multithreaded.

Using a local MTA is the ticket :)
Thanks !
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Dylan

On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 3:37 AM, Sahil Tandon <sahil <at> tandon.net> wrote:
> * Wilkinson, Alex <alex.wilkinson <at> dsto.defence.gov.au> [05-18-2008]:
>
>>     0n Sat, May 17, 2008 at 12:01:38PM -0500, Kyle Wheeler wrote:
>>
>>     >Yes and no. Mutt is not multithreaded, so you can't have it handle the
>>     >SMTP connection in the background, so, NO. But if you really want it
>>     >backgrounded, why not use a simple SMTP sender (like msmtp or
>>     >nullmailer or something similar) instead of have mutt do it? That way
>>     >you *can* background email sending.
>>
>> Is msmtp completely independent of a local MTA ? i.e. I would no longer need
>> to use my local sendmail for smart-relay anymore ?
>
> Correct.
>
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