-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 15 November 2003 01:42, Michael D Schleif wrote: > I do not want exim, nor its ilk, on open port 25. > > I do want system mail (cron, error messages, &c.) to be delivered to > root. > > Is exim required? > > If I uninstall exim, will system mail continue to be delivered? > > What is the Debian way to accomplish these goals?
You don't need a MTA (like Exim) listening on port 25, to have it do local delivery. For instance, in qmail (which I'm familiar with), the listener program is a separate program from the delivery mechanism (don't know how it is in exim). - -- John L. Fjellstad____________________________________________________ web: http://www.fjellstad.org/ Quis custodiet ipsos custodes -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAj+1hf8ACgkQkz0vhQtHHRjJWwCgtW9GX7SiE1tQuEtZ39ulRHzj jUYAn1ABBupHs60+ICmDq4HncxnIowHv =nXmH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
