On 28 May 2013 13:05, Josselin Mouette <j...@debian.org> wrote: > And on desktop systems, nobody reads local email. We might want to think > of a better notification system, but email is definitely not fit for > that anymore.
On desktop systems nobody reads local email because IIRC the default email client applications do not present local email to the end-user. Only when somebody configures, post-installation, is this local e-mail visible. On the other hand, on system installation we currently configure which user account e-mail to root@ is sent to (or ask the user if he selects a low debconf priority) and some packages will setup some tasks that send mail to the root account which the end-user does not currently see. I'm not saying that email is a good notification system, but there are definitely currently many sub-systems that use it (such as cron and default cron tasks configured through packages). Not presenting this information to the end-user is actually hiding problems. Regardless of what local MTA we provide, as long as we provide one, IMHO we should try to have local email presented to the end-user in the default installation (i.e. in the desktop). Regardless Javier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cab9b7uvod_gmzbehffez9ol09buxf2gkzrxdo+tb0wgrbjd...@mail.gmail.com
