mailx on ubuntu

[Derek Broughton]

Alexander Skwar wrote:

> · Janne Jokitalo <janne.jokitalo at dnainternet.net>:
> 
>> Alexander Skwar wrote:
>>> · Christofer C. Bell <christofer.c.bell at gmail.com>:
>>>> When you install mailx or other MUA  in Ubuntu, they will depend on
>>>> mail-transport-agent.  The default package providing
>>>> mail-transport-agent is postfix (in Ubuntu).  Due to this dependancy,
>>>> postfix is also installed when you install mailx.
>>> 
>>> Ah, thanks for the explanation! Do you think it makes sense to
>>> file a bug, so that this gets changed to something more end
>>> user friendly like ssmtp?
>> 
>> I'm not sure a bug report is needed, since:
>> ...
> I meant a bug report, which makes ssmtp the preferred mail-transport-agent
> provider and also a bug, which removes the "postfix |" from the depends
> line. Why mention postfix explicitly there?

If you're convinced that ssmtp is simpler, sure, file a bug (I have no
idea - I use masqmail).  Postfix is the default for historical reasons - it
used to be included in ubuntu-desktop, pre-breezy.  I think _something_
should be mentioned explicitly, just to provide a guideline to users
contemplating installing an smtp server, but it doesn't need to be postfix.
-- 
derek