On Sun, 2005-08-21 at 09:34 -0500, Ian wrote: > I have absolutely NO use for it
Your system does. it needs an MTA to transfert cron jobs reports and so on. First try to install the exim light one (you might have the "heavy") one. Then to disable it (without uninstalling it), you can just read the manual of "update-rc.d". That is the tool to customize boot time srvices) -- Administration & Formation à l'administration de serveurs dédiés: http://www.google.fr/search?q=aspo+infogerance+serveur
