mail without mta

[Zoran Kolic]

   Dear list!
   I'd like to know if some-
one has experience with system
running no mta (aka sendmail).
I have single comp, not server,
not lan. Yes! Sendmail is nice,
but it is too big for simple
tasks I have for it.
   My intention is to use apps
small as possible. This letter
gone from mutt directly to
ssmtp, that processed it to my
isp. (Setting option for
sendmail as "/usr/local/sbin/ssmtp".)
Little drawback is that one
cannot write second letter
and send it at the same time.
Some sort of queue would be
helpful.
   Problems start receiving mail.
Fetchmail manual announces po-
ssibility for handing over to
procmail. Option should be
"mda procmail" in user section.
I made no rc file for procmail.
Test letter really came from
pop server to my local depot
(/var/mail/zoran). And... Mutt
cannot read it. Says "/var/mail/
/zoran is not maildir". It is
by default, my dear mutt!
I see, that I have to make some
procmailrc configuration file.
To tell the system, that procmail
is local delivery agent now,
who is on the machine and where
target files are. I need additional
reading to anticipate that.
No local mail = no system messages.
And no simple system I'd like.
   Documentation on internet
says, that shell in procmailrc
should be /bin/sh. I use tcsh and
the only solution would be to add
/usr/local/bin/bash. Defaults
are already on the machine. Why
procmail doesn't use them?
Aliases? File permissions?
It is the step I cannot make
for now. Turning sendmail on
again gave me mail back.
   I suppose that someone uses
similar configuration on laptop
or other not heavy loaded machine.
   Best regards

                   ZK