On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 11:48:17AM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Marc Haber wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 01:08:06PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > > > It really seems to me a shame that exim ships with a default mail > > > configuration that is so unusable. > > > > Please state how a unconfigured MTA should behave. > > Of course it's not strictly speaking uncofigured in the dpkg sense, this > is its default configuration. I think that in its default configuration, > mails to root should go somewhere sensible and not be hidden away in a > /var/mail/mail that nobody checks.
EXPN "somewhere sensible". It is completely insane to deliver e-mail to a mailbox belonging to root since root privileges would be necessary to do so, so some choice where to deliver e-mail must be made. Given these circumstances, the target should probably either be the account exim runs under (Debian-exim), or the system mail account. If you disagree, give another possibility. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 151 152 442 95 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
