On Thursday 06 September 2007 21:27, Michael Dominok wrote: > On Thu, 6 Sep 2007 21:13:02 +0200 > > Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have several desktop systems, and regadless of whether I leave exim4 > > unconfigured, or setup for local system use only, it takes quite a while > > to start on boot. > > Googling for (parts of your) subject "Starting MTA takes long" would have > taken you directly to > http://datenroulette.de/blog/index.php?blog=4&title=starting_mta_takes_a_lo >ng_time&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 which is only one of multriplillions of hi(n)ts > you would have gotten if you had tried figuring it out yourself in the > first place. > > > I don't really know what the MTA is supposed to do on a laptop or desktop > > system, but I've read that it shouldn't be uninstallted. Is this really > > the case? > > Yep. There're background jobs mailing "you" if something's going wrong or > not. Without MTA you won't get this messages.
What kind of messages, more information than in the log files? It's a desktop system, not some critical server. Btw. you have my permission to ignore my future idiotic posts. C -- C. Hurschler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
