Hello I've found your bugreport: http://bugs.debian.org/202869
I see no issue to not depending mutt on mail-transfer-agent. Mutt as is, is a software for reading, writing and sending emails. And to provide a full functionality it needs a kind of transfer-agent. I am not convinced to only Recommend on mail-transfer-agent. I rather tend to closing this wishitem or tag it as wontfix. OTOH this case concerns not only mutt but also other MUA's. Feel free to discuss it on debian-devel mailing list or propose a changes to Debian Packaging Policy. I will leave this wishitem open until an agreement is reached. Regards Artur -- Artur R. Czechowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>