On Tue, 25 Jul 2006, Marc Haber wrote: > On Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 10:34:25PM +0200, maximilian attems wrote: > > > 1. Fix the package to not prompt at high priority if there is a > > > reasonable default. > > I don't think there is a reasonable default for Mail. But we have been > discussing this ad nauseam in the past.
i think it was more difficult in the past. nowadays commercial isp or universites networks wants you to send through their smtpd, so local delivery is a not so bad first guess. > > > 2. Switch to using some other package instead (for example, postfix). > > Please do so if you find this is the right thing to do. exim4 sucks > badly anyway, postfix is the much better MTA. And the switch to > postfix has the advantage to me personally that it decreases my > workload. hmm such a decision seems a bit late in the game, afaik exim4 has less mem footprint for laptops.. > > indeed reassigning to exim4 to produce per defaul an local delivery setup > > at debconf level high. > > I do not remember reaching consensus that a local delivery setup is > a reasonable default. Who will handle the bugreports from people who > claim about broken Mail setup after installation? Will the installer > people at least provide a canned response to such bug reports? mention it in the faq and have some cool wouter scripts that allow better configuration.. > > advanced users will be able to use debconf to configure exim4 to their > > wishes at lower priority or by editing the configs. > > And less advanced users will complain loudly to the exim4 maintainers. let say users who do that are not bad already ;) best regards -- maks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
