<mail> command missing?

[Mike Bird]

On Fri, 2005-12-16 at 07:42, Derek Broughton wrote:
> But Postfix is huge overkill.  If (*)ubuntu-desktop required
> <mail-transport-agent> (the minimum mailx would seem to need is esmtp) and
> recommended postfix, I'd be happy enough.  Removing mailx is not "dumbing
> down", it's crippling.  

I've never used ESMTP so I'll quote from the package description -

>ESMTP does not receive mail, expand aliases or manage a queue
>but can deliver mail locally via an MDA.

- from which it would appear that:

1) For offline systems ESMTP is inadequate without an MDA.  Postfix
   can "do it all".
2) Most users are going to want all the system accounts forwarded
   to "me at myisp.org".  Without aliases, it does not appear that
   ESMTP can accomplish this.
3) For dialup users who may be offline much or most of the time,
   ESMTP's lack of a queue would result in many lost messages.

Postfix is a reliable solution.  While not internally simple, it
is simple to install and very reliable.

Let us not start breaking new installations by targetting Ubuntu
at a mythical lowest common denominator.  Alternatively, if
Ubuntu chooses to follow Gnome down that path, let us please
have Kubuntu stick to the KDE high ground of functionality and
choice.

--Mike Bird