I should have posted this link along with the stuff below: http://wiki.debian.org/DefaultMTA bjb On Tue, Nov 08, 2011 at 09:23:16PM -0500, Brenda J. Butler wrote: > On Tue, Nov 08, 2011 at 12:41:20PM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > I'm not a wizard, but: > > > No configuration > > Internet Site > > Internet with Smarthost > > Satellite system > > Local only > > Internet Site means mail is received from outside the machine (and > from inside the machine). Mail is sent directly to the MX of the > domain you are sending to. > > Internet with Smarthost means mail is received from outside the > machine (and from inside the machine), but you send outgoing email to > a single MTA (probably your ISP's MTA) for forwarding on to the final > destination. > > Satellite means all mail is handed to an MTA on another system > for delivery. You probably don't want this, or apps/daemons that > want to mail to root@localhost will have trouble contacting you. > > You probably want Internet with Smarthost, from your description. > > bjb > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux ---end quoted text---