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Autor: intrigeri
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Assumpte: Re: [Tails-dev] send anonymous mail without registration - Mixmaster over Tor
hi,

adrelanos wrote (21 Jan 2013 16:39:41 GMT) :
> intrigeri:
>>> ~3 MB for postfix
>>
>> I like Postfix very much, and its security record is pretty good, but
>> I'm not sure a full blown MTA in Postfix' class is needed for this
>> usecase. Wouldn't e.g. msmtp-mta be enough?


> Perhaps Mixmaster can be convinced to talk to it. I don't know.


If Mixmaster talks the good ol' sendmail command line interface,
this should be pretty easy.

>>> Do you have any suggestions, especially on getting ride of the
>>> MX record?
>>
>> I'm sorry if this question is naive, but... why exactly does Mixmaster
>> send MX queries?


> It is my understanding, that Mixmaster itself doesn't, but Postfix does.
> It looks like the standard way for an MTA to resolve the MX for a given
> mail server domain. I haven't found a way to disable it.


Postfix has an option to skip MX lookups for a given hostname:
look for "square brackets" in postconf(5).

Cheers,
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