Re: default MTA

2009-02-23 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2009-02-23 09:41 +0100, Ken Perl wrote: > What's the reason to choose exim as the default MTA instead of the > others like courier or postfix, etc? Mainly historical, I think. Exim has been the default MTA since 1998 or so, and there are no compelling reasons to switch to another. There is m

Re: default MTA

2006-03-20 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-03-12 11:50:08, schrieb Steve Lamb: > Personally I'd like to see Debian look into using something lighter like > nullmailer as the default; IE something to satisfy the "forward to a > smart host" requirement without also requiring a full bore MTA to be > installed. Those who would nee

Re: default MTA

2006-03-12 Thread Steve Lamb
Chris Lale said: > Artem Zolochevskiy wrote: >> What will be the default MTA in etch? exim, postfix? > Exim4 on my installation. Personally I'd like to see Debian look into using something lighter like nullmailer as the default; IE something to satisfy the "forward to a smart host" requireme

Re: default MTA

2006-03-12 Thread Chris Lale
Artem Zolochevskiy wrote: hi all What will be the default MTA in etch? exim, postfix? -- Artem Zolochevskiy Exim4 on my installation. Chris. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: default MTA

2006-03-12 Thread Clive Menzies
On (12/03/06 11:01), Artem Zolochevskiy wrote: > What will be the default MTA in etch? exim, postfix? I don't run etch but sarge and sid have exim4 as default; I would guess etch is the same. Regards Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Default MTA

1998-11-22 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
On Sat, Nov 21, 1998 at 05:42:46PM -0800, George Bonser wrote: > The last Debian system I installed (Hamm last week) still had smail > as its pre-selected MTA. These kinds of changes are not made to the hamm release - after all, it is supposed to be /stable/. Slink, ie frozen, has the change, at

Re: Default MTA

1998-11-22 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
On Sat, Nov 21, 1998 at 03:56:20PM -0800, George Bonser wrote: > The best argument I have seen for removing smail as the default > Debian MTA There's no need to advocate the issue any longer. Smail is now optional and exim is important, ie the default. Antti-Juhani -- %%% Antti-Juhani