[Bug 400796] Re: unaccurate documentation about default mta

[Thomas Hotz]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 236238 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/236238

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 236238
   Default install does not include exim4 / mutt

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Title:
  unaccurate documentation about default mta

Status in “installation-guide” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  On the page https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/installation-guide/amd64
  /mail-setup.html it is said that exim is likely to be installed as the
  default mta, but this contradicts the page
  https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/serverguide/C/postfix.html

  As an example, my hardy system ends up having postfix installed rather
  than exim, although i don't remember having done anything to choose
  postfix instead of exim. The package is not marked as having been
  automatically installed. I don't know if there would be a way for me
  to see what "triggered" postfix to be installed, or if it was
  installed since the base system installation.

  If i understand correctly, exim is becoming the default mta on ubuntu,
  just like it is on debian. I guess the question is when this default
  has been correctly applied to all package dependencies. Can we
  conclude that hardy packages are messy/boggus regarding dependencies
  on a default mta? If that's the case could it just be documented
  that's there's no really clear default mta, that it may be either
  exim4 or postfix, and provide pointers to configure either.

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