on 05/05/2013 01:15 AM Tanstaafl wrote the following:
> On 2013-05-04 6:01 PM, Marc Joliet <mar...@gmx.de> wrote:
>> I have both postfix and mailx. You'll notice that the category of
>> mailx is
>> mail-client and not mail-mta (or "net-mail", as you wrote).
>> mail-client/mailx is
>> simply a command line email client used for automating the sending and
>> receiving of emails; on my system it is as far as I can tell only used by
>> smartmontools.
>>
>> Unless msmtp also provides {,/usr}/bin/mail there isn't really an
>> issue here.
>
> Oh... ok, well, now I'm just wondering why it decided to install it all
> of a sudden...
>
> <shrug>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
mail-client/mailx : The /bin/mail program, which is used to send mail
via shell scripts
mail-mta/ssmtp: Extremely simple MTA to get mail off the system to a Mailhub
They are totally different and not alternate of each other.
