Removal of postfix from base

[David Mandelberg]

nocturn wrote:
> I think depending on Postfix (an excellent server BTW) is bad.
> Exim is slightly better suited for this particular purpose, but no MTA
> would  be ideal.
> 
> For the desktop, sending outbound mail will in 99.9% of the cases be
> done via an external SMTP server (eihter on site, or at an ISP)
That works fine for a computer with a 24/7 Internet connection, but on my laptop
I need the queuing of a mta. Ssmtp, nullmailer, esmtp, etc. don't provide
queues, so I'd lose mail.

If you were suggesting not having /usr/sbin/sendmail, then I think that's a
really bad idea, debconf uses sendmail to send messages that are important but
not high enough priority to be displayed.

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David Mandelberg
mandelbergd at eth0.is-a-geek.org
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