Package: installation-guide Version: 20250803+deb13u1 installation-guide I think we may need to update mail-setup.xml.
In "8.4. Setting Up Your System To Use E-Mail" * https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch08s04.en.html * post-install/mail-setup.xml (source) has: > As mentioned earlier, the installed &debian; system is only set up to handle > e-mail local to the system, not for sending mail to others nor for > receiving mail from others. I know Default Debian system always installed exim(4) since it was Priority Standard. But do we still force to install exim for local delivery for default install system? If I recall correctly, priority of exim has been changed to optional some time ago via override by ftp-master. (Probably from 2017 Debian 9.0 stretch guessed from the exim4 changelog entry for 4.89-6). As I see https://get.debian.org/images/release/13.2.0-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/ , debian-live-13.2.0-amd64-standard.iso.packages doesn't contain exim* nor mutt. So local delivery MTA is an optional feature user need to setup. I understand running traditional MTA may be useful for some server setup. But for typical non-server setup, it may not be good idea these days. Advantages mentioned in installation-guide/en/post-install/mail-setup.xml goes: > Examples are: <command>cron</command>, <command>quota</command>,¶ > <command>logcheck</command>, <command>aide</command>, …¶ > </para>¶ I think we now use systemd's logging system for this kind of notification and recording. When I need user notification via custom script, I also use GNOME popup/notification here (no-email). If email is needed, some mail forwarding only setup may be used. In light of this new reality, we may wish to update this entire section with updated best practice. Any volunteer? Osamu
