Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!sun-barr!lll-winken!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!hpda!hpcuhb!hpscdc!schmitz From: schmitz@hpscdc.scd.hp.com (John Schmitz) Newsgroups: comp.mail.mh Subject: Re: Problems with whatnow/send Message-ID: <5740009@hpscdc.scd.hp.com> Date: 25 Jan 91 18:05:31 GMT References: Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Clara Div. Lines: 15 Perhaps I'm showing my ignorance here, but... Q. What exactly are the benefits of using SMTP with mh? A. Well, the primary one I know of is that you don't have to run a Mail Transport Agent on every host. When you have several hundred client workstations, it's a major hassle to manage a Sendmail (or MMDF, etc.) on every one of them. It seems to me that unix really relies on being able to use mail. All sorts of programs have built in calls to mail (vi, cron, etc.) and it would be difficult to administer systems without having an MTA. Further, other mailers aren't capable of this feature, so if you want them to work, you must have a MTA. Or did I miss something?