On Thu, Jun 22, 2000 at 04:38:45PM -0600, Barak Pearlmutter wrote: > Said bug is present on the ALPHA architecture only. (Even there it is > manifested only when running smail from inetd, which is not the > recommended procedure - so I personally would classify it as "normal" > rather than "grave".)
Someone should have done that before the removal, it's gone now. > Anyway, since smail used to be the recommended MTA, the majority of > the stable user base probably uses it. In slink, Exim became the `Priority: important' MTA. So, only the stable user base up until hamm had it installed by default on initial installations. > If i386 smail isn't included when potato releases, literally millions of > boxes will be rather forcibly transitioned to a new MTA. No, they won't, they'll be left untouched. Or is there some kind of bug? > In fact, if smail is purged all the mailing lists will be lost, which is a > scary thought. No automatic package operation can make another package to be purged, ever. -- Digital Electronic Being Intended for Assassination and Nullification
