slimta 0.9.1
Configurable MTA based on the python-slimta library.
License: MIT
Requires Python: ~=3.11

#### [Project Homepage][1]
#### [Usage Manual][2]

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About
=====

`slimta` is a configurable MTA based on the `python-slimta` libraries. While
the purpose of the `python-slimta` library is to avoid configuration files and
allow full control via Python code, the `slimta` project recognizes that not
everyone will want or need that level of control. Setup, configuration, and
execution of `slimta` is designed to be familiar to non-programmers.

The `slimta` project is released under the [MIT License][3].

Getting Started
===============

Install `slimta` from [PyPi][4]:

```console
$ pip install slimta
```

Pip should pull in all the required dependencies. Next, we create the basic
configuration files:

```console
$ slimta-setup config
```

This creates 3 files, in `~/.slimta/` or wherever you specified. The sample
configs are designed to work out of the box, so lets give it a shot:

```console
$ slimta --no-daemon
```

In another terminal, let's connect to port 1025 to see if it's working. After
the banner (the line beginning with `220 `), type in `QUIT` to end the session:

```console
$ telnet localhost 1025
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 localhost.localdomain ESMTP example.com Mail Delivery Agent
QUIT
221 2.0.0 Bye
Connection closed by foreign host.
```

Port 1025 is fully capable of accepting mail in the SMTP session, but is
configured by default with the `blackhole` relay to silently discard messages.
You can also try it out with the built-in Python SMTP libraries:

```pycon
>>> import smtplib
>>> smtplib.SMTP('localhost', 1025).sendmail('test@example.com',
                                             ['postmaster@example.com'],
                                             'test message')
```

At this point, we're still a little ways off from where you'd probably like to
be: actually sending and receiving email to the Internet. Please check out the
[Usage Manual][2] for information on configuring `slimta` to your liking,
including more advanced and custom setups.

[1]: http://slimta.org/
[2]: http://slimta.org/latest/manual/slimta.html
[3]: http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
[4]: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/slimta/
## The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2021 Ian Good

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