Andrew Wood a@me.com writes:
I see. thanks for the replies. if I was to install postfix in the
future as a 'proper' mail server would it conflict?
Yes. exim4 will be removed if you install postfix. At one point, years
ago, exim either caused me a problem or lacked a feature I needed and so
On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 22:47 +0100, Andrew Wood wrote:
Why is an MTA (exim) installed by deafult on Squeeze even if the
'Mail Server' option is not selected during installation? Does it
actually serve any purpose on an out of the box basic installation?
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Because Im interested and I dont want to remove it if it does something
important.
On 17/10/11 00:15, Walter Hurry wrote:
On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:47:44 +0100, Andrew Wood wrote:
Why is an MTA (exim) installed by deafult on Squeeze even if the 'Mail
Server' option is not selected during
I see. thanks for the replies. if I was to install postfix in the future
as a 'proper' mail server would it conflict?
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On 17/10/2011 11:07 PM, Andrew Wood wrote:
I see. thanks for the replies. if I was to install postfix in the future
as a 'proper' mail server would it conflict?
You seem to be implying that exim4 is not a 'proper' mail server. it
sure is, but there are 'lite and heavy' versions. ;-)
On Monday 17 October 2011 13:07:01 Andrew Wood wrote:
I see. thanks for the replies. if I was to install postfix in the future
as a 'proper' mail server would it conflict?
I usually install nullmailer. Whilst installing itself, it removes exim. I
imagine other MTAs would do the same.
Lisi
On 2011-10-17 15:54 +0200, Lisi wrote:
On Monday 17 October 2011 13:07:01 Andrew Wood wrote:
I see. thanks for the replies. if I was to install postfix in the future
as a 'proper' mail server would it conflict?
I usually install nullmailer. Whilst installing itself, it removes exim. I
On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 4:29 PM, Aaron Toponce aaron.topo...@gmail.com wrote:
I've often wondered why Postfix is not the default MTA. There are a few
benefits that Postfix brings to the table over Exim, such as security,
modularity and ease of configuration.
Sorry, but for me exim4 config is
On Mon 17 Oct 2011 at 13:03:05 +0100, Andrew Wood wrote:
Because Im interested and I dont want to remove it if it does something
important.
This is a good attitude to take.
As part of a standard install we get exim4. The Mail Server task
probably installs more mail related packages such as
On 16/10/11 05:47 PM, Andrew Wood wrote:
Why is an MTA (exim) installed by deafult on Squeeze even if the 'Mail
Server' option is not selected during installation? Does it actually
serve any purpose on an out of the box basic installation?
Andrew
Exim4 is installed by default in Debian
Why is an MTA (exim) installed by deafult on Squeeze even if the 'Mail
Server' option is not selected during installation? Does it actually
serve any purpose on an out of the box basic installation?
Andrew
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On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:47:44 +0100, Andrew Wood wrote:
Why is an MTA (exim) installed by deafult on Squeeze even if the 'Mail
Server' option is not selected during installation? Does it actually
serve any purpose on an out of the box basic installation?
Why does it matter? It is not difficult
On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 7:15 PM, Walter Hurry walterhu...@lavabit.com wrote:
On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:47:44 +0100, Andrew Wood wrote:
Why is an MTA (exim) installed by deafult on Squeeze even if the 'Mail
Server' option is not selected during installation? Does it actually
serve any purpose on
On Oct 16, 2011, at 5:47 PM, Andrew Wood wrote:
Why is an MTA (exim) installed by deafult on Squeeze even if the
'Mail Server' option is not selected during installation? Does it
actually serve any purpose on an out of the box basic installation?
Andrew
Yes,
It serves as local mail
On 17/10/11 08:47, Andrew Wood wrote:
Why is an MTA (exim) installed by deafult on Squeeze even if the
'Mail Server' option is not selected during installation?
Old habits die hard ;-)
It's there for the same reason nfs is - some people consider it a
requirement. Your basic desktop build
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