>Errh, I think Perry objects (as does everybody else I've ever spoken to) to >having a big, complex, hairy, MONOLITHIC sendmail. The functionality it >performs ought to be broken down into smaller, simpler modules. One module, >charged with helping local delivery, ought to be capable of running as the >recipient, and therefore some root execution will be involved. But the smtp >sender doesn't, and most of the local delivery doesn't, and the routing >doesn't. How is smail in this respect? From what I heard it's much easier than sendmail - plus easier to understand. All I know is that I always use that damn book with the bat on the cover every time I need to do anything to sendmail. cc