Tim Tassonis wrote:

> And there is no need to install exim if you don't want to run a mail
> server.

I disagree.  On my  home PC (which is not a mail  server) my Mail User
Agent (mutt)  uses exim to send  mail, and fcron uses  exim to deliver
the output  of cron jobs.  These  are not obscure edge  cases: this is
the way  commonly used tools are  designed to work by  default.  There
really are good reasons to install exim on a host, even if it is not a
mail server.

The fact is that many Unix programs  take it for granted that there is
a  sendmail-compatible  MTA  at /usr/sbin/sendmail  (or  some  similar
path).  It's not just for servers!

Regards,

Jeremy Henty
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