Re: using Sendmail from an non-privileged user

From: bill drescher (nobody_at_Spamcop.net)
Date: 12/30/03 

Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 06:56:02 -0500

Bill Vermillion wrote:
> In article <vutcnknjl3qj7a@corp.supernews.com>,
> bill drescher <nobody@Spamcop.net> wrote:
>
>>Tony Lawrence wrote:
>>
>>>bill drescher <nobody@spamcop.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Tony Lawrence wrote:
>
>
>>>>>bill drescher <nobody@spamcop.net> wrote:
>
>
>>>>>>>>I have a system that uses /usr/lib/sendmail -t to send messages
>>>>>>>>generated by a program running on a user account. Works fine.
>
>
>>>>>Some reason why you aren't just using mail or mutt?
>
>
>>>>>http://aplawrence.com/SCOFAQ/scotec6.html#mailxmutt
>
>
>>>>haven't explored mutt as sendmail does the job (usually).
>>>>I don't think I can send a BCC using mail.
>
>
>>>You can send anything you like using Mutt.
>
>
>>Tony,
>>Assuming sendmail works as it should (big assumption), would you please
>>tell me why would I want to install and learn mutt, in addition to my
>>other responsibilities
>
>
> I'm not Tony but let me drop in here a moment.
>
> Mail systems are divided into three parts, MTA, MSA, MUA
>
> MTA - Mail Transport Agent - sendmail and other transport devices
> used to get transport mail from one system to another
>
>
> MSA - Mail Submission Agent - send the mail to the MTA
>
> MUA - Mail User Agent - the interface to mail that the users
> have - mutt, pine, Outlook, whatever.
>
> Mutt handles both the MUA and MSA parts.
>
> Tony points out that not all places allow direct access to
> sendmail. And since sendmail is ubiquitous some systems ship with
> wrappers so that all programs which by default use sendmail, use
> the MTA on the system as dictated by the wrapper, so that even if
> you call sendmail another MTA is used.
>
> On different lists I've seen requests from people along the line
> of "how do I create an attachment in sendmail" and someone
> invariable comes up with a uuencode sent to sendmail, but using
> user agents to do all the grunt work is far easier.
>
> Using Mutt should make your life easier.
>
> Bill
>
Tony, Bill
Thanks and the points are well taken. I will add MUTT to my list of
things to learn, somewhere near the top I guess. 

-- 
Bill Drescher
william {at} TechServSys {dot} com

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