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_long_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. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
