Re: How getmail deals with delivery errors and with bounce e-mails

On Tue, 03 Nov 2020 15:00:49 +0000
Martin Gregorie wrote:


> But things have moved on from there, and these days every *nix box
> except for the very small (RaspberryPi, Arduino and friends) defaults
> to running an MTA. Given this, about the only real reason for using
> getmail, unless you're stuck with a Windows box, is to avoid having
> any externally accessible ports on your public facing firewall.


That's all irrelevant. getmail can deliver directly to a mailbox or MDA,
without going though an MTA. An MTA is an unnecessary complication,
and can generate backscatter if not set up to avoid it. Using one just
just because it's there is silly.