On Debian, the aliases file lives in /etc, not /etc/mail.
-Also, define a smarthost by default, albeit an invalid one.
+Define a smarthost by default, albeit an invalid one.
+Use deferred delivery - the package includes a cron job running the queue.
--- a/dma.8
+++ b/dma.8
# Path to your spooldir. Just stay with the default.
SPOOLDIR /var/spool/dma
+@@ -39,4 +39,4 @@
+
+ # Uncomment if you want to defer your mails. This is useful if you are
+ # behind a dialup line. You have to submit your mails manually with dma -q
+-#DEFER
++DEFER
Implement double-bounce handling via an external program, controlled
by the DBOUNCEPROG config parameter.
+Enable this handling by default, using the dbounce-simple-safecat
+helper installed by the package.
--- a/conf.c
+++ b/conf.c
@@ -40,3 +40,8 @@
# Uncomment if you want to defer your mails. This is useful if you are
# behind a dialup line. You have to submit your mails manually with dma -q
- #DEFER
+ DEFER
+
+# The double-bounce handler program. Leave this blank if you like dma's
+# default behavior of simply aborting the delivery, or specify the name or
+# full path to a program that will process the double-bounce message.
-+#DBOUNCEPROG
++DBOUNCEPROG dbounce-simple-safecat