Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!decwrl!bacchus.pa.dec.com!vixie From: vixie@decwrl.dec.com (Paul A Vixie) Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: How efficient/fast is uucp? Message-ID: Date: 27 Aug 90 00:52:45 GMT References: <1556.26d282ea@dcs.simpact.com> <1990Aug25.193329.13643@m2xenix.psg.com> <1990Aug27.021817.26499@daver.bungi.com> Sender: news@wrl.dec.com (News) Organization: DEC Western Research Lab Lines: 28 In-Reply-To: dlr@daver.bungi.com's message of 27 Aug 90 02:18:17 GMT Dave, you wrote: # the following line should be changed to reflect the # organization of your system. /usr/bin/compress -d | /usr/bin/rsmtp exit 0 I use: exec /usr/bin/compress -d | /usr/bin/rsmtp (actually my paths are different but you get the idea.) This keeps an extra (useless) sh process from hanging around. >> Nothing to it. smail3 is simple, configurable, works on nearly >> all systems, and doesn't have a sendmail.cf file! What more could >> you want :-) I'd quibble over "simple". Some of those files you quoted look pretty daunting, and I note with terror that there are a lot more of them than in good 'ol (or is that bad 'ol) sendmail. Anyone know when smail3 is coming out of beta-test, OFFICIALLY ? -- Paul Vixie DEC Western Research Lab Palo Alto, California ...!decwrl!vixie