I disagree. I think being able to fire up my client wherever it is needed and as needed is much better than having to keep it open all the time to check email (and taking however much RAM thick email clients take these days). Having the sender separate allows for a queue to work without your client needing to run.
Posted Aug 9, 2013 18:17 UTC (Fri) by josh (subscriber, #17465)
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Given that I use mutt, I'm not too worried about "RAM thick email clients". :)
I'm not sure what you mean by your first point, though; what does an MTA queue have to do with keeping your mail client open to *check* email?
Fedora keeps sendmail — for now
Posted Aug 9, 2013 19:06 UTC (Fri) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389)
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It was poorly worded. I was trying to get across that keeping your client open should not be a prerequisite for checking *or* sending email. Personally, I use esmtp (without a queue), mutt, offlineimap, and notmuch to deal with my email.