On Sat 20 Feb 2021 at 13:12:39 (+0000), Curt wrote: > On 2021-02-20, David Wright <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote: > > > > For each MTA, you also have to ensure that their well-known recipes > > for passing off work to other software (like MDAs) still work, else > > Debian gets lumbered with supporting all the breakages that occur > > (or, worse, loses reputation). > > Did someone mention (I have neglected to read most of the thread) that > Fedora has a switching mechanism?
Yes, in the OP. In case you missed it: "Why Debian does't have a switchable MTA mechanism to allow install multiple MTAs at the same time? "Fedora, Centos etc. allow users to install multiple MTAs at the same time. There's a "alternatives --config mta" command to allow to choose between alternative MTA." > Fedora 12 provides three MTAs: Sendmail, Postfix, and Exim. If all > three are installed, sendmail is the default MTA. The Mail Transport > Agent Switcher allows for the selection of either sendmail, postfix, or > exim as the default MTA for the system. > > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/12/html/Deployment_Guide/s1-email-switchmail.html > > The Mail Transport Agent Switcher. Almost sounds like a name invented by > the marketing department. Anyway, I guess the MTAS is irrelevant because > we're not concerned with Fedora here. But I suppose its existence proves > its usefulness---or maybe the word is practicality---at least for > Fedora users. I think Andrei answered it in the third post of the thread: "Installing and removing/purging packages has traditionally been very easy in Debian, such a mechanism would have limited benefits for significant added complexity." I have no experience of Fedora installations myself. Then, as frequently happens, the thread expanded into such options as distributing different tasks, that one MTA normally does, amongst several different MTAs. Even more complexity. No thanks. Configuring just one is enough for me. Cheers, David.
