On 14-Jun-2006 10:40.58 (BST), Marcin Jessa wrote: > > > and only leave a simple local delivery agent > > > in the base system (something like mail.local), ... [snip] > > I agree totally with this. I've wondered for a while why the mailer is > > in the base system, and this way there's less effort in deactivating > > the base system mailer when installing a preferred mailer from pkgsrc. > That's becouse other components of the base system need an MTA. > Things like for example cron. Besides that peple may be unable to fetch > packages for different reasons and having a fully operating system with > an MTA integrated into system as rapporting tool is without doubt a > pluss.
I understand that, but that is why Oliver suggested having a local-only delivery client (mail.local) kept in base to satisfy the other components that need it. Which is what I was also agreeing with! -- rob andrews :: pgp 0xb35ff721 :: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
