Re: newbie install
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 08:36:01AM -0700, Paul E Condon wrote:
> Even today an MTA is needed for hosts that have special uses.
> Firewalls, etc. On these machines there are a bunch of daemon
> processes, which can get into trouble, and need to be able to call for
> help. On Debian, and likely othe distributions, this is done by
> sending local email to root. The sysadmin is supposed to look at this
> spool periodically. Without an automatic install of a MTA, this idea
> would be already broken out of the box. Debian has choosen Exim/Exim4
> for this function in the base system. If you install some other MTA
> or intend to rely on your MUA for MTA services, you may not be able
> to remove the MTA that the distribution provided, unless you make
> sure that your substitute is actually handling this 'hidden' email
> traffic. There are daemons on your computer that may, some day, need
> to talk to you.
Sorry, I was mostly referring to people running a Linux desktop. Most
people in such a use-case nowadays, aren't operating their system as a
server or old mainframe (which is the way most of these tools were
designed). I use them all the time, but in a general sense (for desktop
use) it's not used. The spool would just fill up with such messages and
no one would be looking at them.
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