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Re: How to use ssmtp ?


Tino,

On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 01:07:32PM +0100, Tino Lange wrote:
> Forget about ssmtp! Really.
> As you just realize it's not easy to use and if you want to send files
> it's not useable at all, since it has a limit of mails <= 4k size.

The above size limit is not quite true.  From the ssmtp man page, we
have the following:

    Header size is limited to 4K and a max of 100 addresses.

Note that I have used ssmtp for years, sent thousands of messages
through it, and *never* bumped up against the above limitations.

Jason

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