Re: graphical file managers

Robin Green <[email protected]> Wed, 15 Oct 2003 19:54:45 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.linux.usability.annoyances
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 09:44:43AM -0400, Lawrence MacIntyre wrote:
> Outgoing email is simple, just use localhost as
> the SMTP destination.  Linux is capable of sending mail by itself, it
> doesn't need a mail server to do that.

Yes and no. No, in that the kernel itself is not capable of sending mail
by itself, it needs a mail server to do that (which can be installed on
localhost). But yes, in that often a mail server will be running by default
on e.g. a RedHat or SuSE box.
-- 
Robin