> > > All of those packages depend on a MTA; try "apt-get install qmail." > > > Apt will be much happier when it realizes that you are merely switching > > > MTAs. Also, apt will leave your exim config files, so you can merely > > > "apt-get install exim" at the end of your test drive and things should > > > go back to the way they were. > > > > Can leave Exim installed if I install Qmail from source? > > (Exim is not started at boot time) > > > > If so then I might just leave Exim alone and install Qmail from source. > > I want to do Qmail from source so I know where things are. > > Don't get me wrong, apt-get is my best friend, but sometimes I don't > > learn what is going on behind the scenes. > > The other day I decided to play with postfix; I ran "apt-get install > postfix" and exim ended up being removed. After I had played with postfix > for a while, I ran "apt-get install exim" and my system was returned to its > former state. Exim worked just as it had before I installed postfix.
Okay now I am in a pickle. Qmail is installed. Exim is not activated at boot but it still handles all of the smtp services for my machine. I should have listened to all of your advice but did not. <sigh> Now....how do I tell my Debian box to let Qmail take over the mail services? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
