[First off, please follow debian list policy and refrain from Cc:'ing me. Secondly, this discussion is more appropriate for -user, not -devel. MFT set appropriately.]
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005, Philipp Hug wrote: > > What the hell is a "base installation"? > > The list of packages that gets installed by d-i/debootstrap... debootstrap doesn't install anything that requires a mail-transport-agent. > > Install whatever you want. You're free to install nullmailer, > > ssmtp, etc. > > I know I can replace it with whatever I want, that's not the point. > I'm just wondering if it makes sense to have a full MTA installed by > default. It does if you want mail to be deliverable locally on a machine without a network connection at all. It's really a personal decision, and exim is probably a reasonable default. Don Armstrong -- "It's not Hollywood. War is real, war is primarily not about defeat or victory, it is about death. I've seen thousands and thousands of dead bodies. Do you think I want to have an academic debate on this subject?" -- Robert Fisk http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
