Package: mstmp-mta
Version: 1.8.3-1
Severity: wishlist
Hi,
The /usr/sbin/sendmail symlink that points to /usr/bin/msmtp should be
created by the "msmtp" package, not by "msmtp-mta". Rationale:
1. In msmtp context, the "/usr/sbin/sendmail" path represents only the
MUA side of the email system -- and the MUA is in the "msmtp" package
2. /usr/bin/msmtp belongs to "msmtp" (not "-mta"), which is a hint about #1
3. People that just want to send emails using msmtp indirectly, either
by using a mailx package or by invoking /usr/sbin/sendmail directly,
would only need the msmtp package (provided that they have a properly
/etc/msmtprc file properly set up). They should not need to install the
-mta package, because they do not need any daemon to listen on SMTP ports
4. This will make msmtp a drop-in replacement for the now unsupported ssmtp
Thoughts?
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FV
