On Apr 01, 2012, at 11.58, Robinson, Eric wrote: >> you could always just not install postfix, since installing >> an entire mail server isn't at all necessary to simply send >> email. i would recommend null client specific software, such >> as msmtp, instead. among other things, it would likely >> introduce far fewer packaging considerations. >> > I thought of that. It's just that we have been using postfix in so many > different places for years and have it on almost all of our Linux servers. > This is the first time I've tried to install postfix and it demanded the > MySQL libraries. I was thinking there might be some simple way to disable the > need for MySQL. But if not, we can look at another solution.
that's ok. don't let inertia get the best of things. i like postfix a lot, but i certainly don't apply that as an empirical rationale for using the software. before i had a practical understanding of the value of a simple null client where appropriate, i installed postfix all over the place too. now, instead of installing postfix just because [for some value of just because], i install the appropriate piece of software in the appropriate set of circumstances. most often, it's a simple null client. on occasion, it's postfix, in the role of a null client. it was a change in paradigm, sure, but a positive one, and one i'm glad i made. more importantly, to return to the subject of the thread, it would certainly provide a solution to your problem, without the need to build things from source. -ben
