On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 09:06:08AM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote: > #include <hallo.h> > > I agree. The main functionality of Mutt is to read *and* send mail. > > AOL > > > Being able to only read mail archives is not the main functionality > > but a backup functionality. To be able to provide the main > > functionality, an MTA is required, hence a dependency. > > Why not appease both? Let mutt depend on > mail-transport-agent | no-user-mta > > and tell such MTA hating users to create a fake "no-user-mta" package > with equivs.
There's no point; it's just as easy to create a fake package that provides mail-transport-agent with equivs. Or they could install something tiny like nullmailer or ssmtp and leave it at that. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
