[NTLUG:Discuss] Configuring emailed reports

[Rick Matthews]

Jay Urish wrote:
> You don't have to... Thats how mail works. If you send your mail to 
> foo at fatso.com, your server does a DNS query against fatso.com and
> looks for the MX record.
> Thats how it knows where to send mail.

So *that's* what those MX records are for! But if that's all it takes
to find the correct smtp location, why do all of the email clients
make you plug it in manually? (Unless the purpose is to keep a large
number of tech support folks employed?)

OK, we're almost there.

This email account requires smtp authentication using the userid and
password assigned to the account. Where do I store that information?
(or are you going to tell me that's unnecessary, too?)

Rick