Removal of postfix from base

[nocturn]

David Mandelberg Wrote: 
> 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.
> 

I see the reasoning behind the need to have an MTA running from your
perspective.  Yet I think postfix is to big for a desktop MTA (I mostly
install exim for that, while I do run postfix on servers).


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nocturn