Re: [PLUG] verizon dsl send mail

[Art Alexion <art.alexion@verizon.net>]

Michael C. Toren wrote:

> If you don't leave your system powered on all the time, it's nice to use a
> smart host to move mail out of your queue as quickly as possible and to a
> host that will periodically retry to send mail that fails the first time.
> In other situations, some providers make it difficult their customers to
> perform DNS MX lookups or establish outbound SMTP connections, forcing you
> to use them as a smart host.
>
>  

Thanks, Michael.  You and Rebecca have done a good job of explaining why 
MUAs, like mutt, need an external local MTA.  I am confused however by 
your references, above, to a "smart host".

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