Re: libesmtp??

[Pawel Salek <pawsa theochem kth se>]

On 2001.05.24 20:35 brokkolo wrote:
> > Your localhost should normally be running sendmail as a daemon as
> > most comtemporary Un*x/Linux systems do.  If so, the SMTP server will
> > be available on port 25.  Have you checked that sendmail is running
> > or is started via inetd?
> 
> sendmail was not started, works ok now,
> thanx
> 
> if i'm using sendmail does libesmtp ad an extra step to the sending
> proces?

No, it will just change the way the message is submitted. 

With "local mail user agent" enabled, a sendmail process is forked to
accept mail via a pipe.
With SMTP server option, the communiction to sendmail is done via a network
socket.

Both options have their ramifications but the main mechanism remains the
same.

Pawel