On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 10:06:01PM -0400, dman wrote: > On Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 10:38:58AM +1000, Andrew Nesbit wrote: > | Hello. I am still preparing to install Debian, but I am not sure of what the > | default MTA is. I get the impression that it is exim,
> Hmm, ... default ... I guess whatever dselect or tasksel or whatever > part of the install system picks something is the default. ...which is exim. > exim is fairly easy to configure for > "normal" systems by using eximconfig. eximconfig also generates a well-commented config file, so editing it manually to accomodate less-standard configurations is pretty easy. > | And another thing: what is the default MDA? (Does exim function as its own > | MDA?) > > Most (all?) full-fledged MTAs can function as an MDA as well. I know > for a fact that exim and sendmail can both deliver mail to a user's > inbox (which is MDA functionality). exim's MDA functionality is a bit more extensive than sendmail's... I no longer install procmail on machines that I set up, because I haven't yet run into anything that procmail can do and exim can't. (Of course, now that I've said that, I fully expect procmail's fans to make a list...) And, like the config file, exim filter definitions are human-readable. -- With the arrest of Dimitry Sklyarov it has become apparent that it is not safe for non US software engineers to visit the United States. - Alan Cox "To prevent unauthorized reading..." - Adobe eBook reader license
