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Newer page: version 10 Last edited on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 12:58:00 am by AristotlePagaltzis Revert
Older page: version 6 Last edited on Wednesday, May 21, 2003 10:12:41 am by TomHibbert Revert
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 [Acronym] for __M__ail __T__ransport __A__gent 
  
 A program to send mail from one machine to another, usually using [SMTP], but occasionaly something weird and obscure like [UUCP]. 
  
-sendmail(8) , [Postfix] and [Exim] are MTA's. Another one that is very popular with [ISP]s is [DanBernstein]'s [qmail ], written with security in mind, for which there has been no exploit since at least March 1997. 
+SendMail , [Postfix] and [Exim] are [ MTA] 's. Another one that is very popular with [ISP]s is [DanBernstein]'s [Qmail ], written with security in mind, for which there has been no exploit since at least March 1997. 
  
-See also [MDA] (Mail Delivery Agent), [MSA] (Mail Submission Agent), [MUA] (Maul User Agent), [MAA] (Mail Access Agent) 
+See also:  
+* [MDA] (Mail Delivery Agent)  
+* [MSA] (Mail Submission Agent)  
+* [MUA] (Mail User Agent)  
+* [MAA] (Mail Access Agent).  
  
-'' It is generally a BadThing to fsck with a live MTA. If you want/need to migrate to a new MTA, it is a very good idea to test the new config on a SacrificialGoat before even TOUCHING  
-the live MTA. Once you have the new config tested and working, migrate it to the live machine. But not before you have it working. Trust me, you WONT be sorry. -- TomHibbert''  
+It is generally a BadThing to mess with a live [ MTA] . To make extensive changes or even migrate, you should deploy the new configuration in a test environment first. Only once you fully trust your new setup should you even dream about replacing the existing one:  
+ [[10:33am] <Cuchulain> btw, exim re-reads its config file on every delivery attempt  
+ [[10:33am] <Cuchulain> so editing a live config file is bad  
+ [[10:34am] <Remosi> now he tells me :P  
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+See also:  
+* EximNotes  
+* SendmailNotes