Artur R. Czechowski dijo [Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 07:21:00PM +0200]: > 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.
I agree with Andreas. On one hand, I have used mutt to read a mbox file I have lying around while flying - it does not require a MTA to work. On the other hand, mutt can work in a more mundane environment with a remote IMAP server. Yes, a MTA is required to send mail, and is thus strongly recommended - but not having one does not render the package unusable, so it is not really depending on it. Greetings, -- Gunnar Wolf - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (+52-55)5630-9700 ext. 1366 PGP key 1024D/8BB527AF 2001-10-23 Fingerprint: 0C79 D2D1 2C4E 9CE4 5973 F800 D80E F35A 8BB5 27AF
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