[Bug 402776] Re: postfix doesn't install when hostname contains only digits

[David Martin]

Jonathan Marsden wrote:
> If the driver concerned were part of Ubuntu that might be fixable.  But
> you state it is "unsupported", so the Ubuntu community can't support it,
> unfortunately.
> 
> I suspect the driver does not directly need postfix, just "any way to
> send email out from this machine"; postfix is the default choice for
> many packages in Ubuntu to install to meet such a requirement.  If you
> prefer something smaller you can install ssmtp and set that up, and many
> packages will then use it instead of postfix for their outbound email
> needs.
> 
> Why a printer driver wants to email something (perhaps registration info
> to HP? Perhaps alerts to an admin when the printer is low on toner or
> out of paper?) I don't know.  Without full source code for the driver, I
> can't really find out, either.
> 
> Just so you know, Internet RFC 1178 (which is all about choosing
> hostnames) specifically advises "Don't use digits at the beginning of
> the name"... :)
> 
> It might be good for Ubuntu to check for this issue, when the host names
> is chosen during installation, and at least warn the unwary
> user/systemadministrator about it.
> 

I don't need postfix, the problem I have is that many packages list it 
as a dependancy even though they have no need of it.  When it attempts 
to install it causes by 64 bit flash to stop working (no clue as to why) 
and then issues tons of errors every time I try to use the apt system.

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postfix doesn't install when hostname contains only digits
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/402776
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