Dale wrote: > 2009/9/17 K. Jantzen <k.d.jant...@t-online.de>: >> Hello >> >> in the booting sequence of Debian lenny I see a line saying >> >> Starting MTA: >> >> It "takes ages" until Debian comes up with "exim4". Thus booting takes >> quite some time. >> >> What does that mean? >> Do I have to have that? >> If not, how can I get rid of it. >> Thanks. > > > If you just got a desktop or laptop setup you don't really need a mail > server running. So removal is very simple all you have to do is: > > apt-get remove --purge at bsd-mailx exim4 exim4-base exim4-config > exim4-daemon-light >
alternatively you could just install 'nullmailer'. sudo aptitude install nullmailer it will remove Exim4 and take care of the stuff easily. -- Arrant Drivel - really, it's just trash... http://www.arrantdrivel.com/ Where the road takes me - a highwayman's perspective http://www.prestonboyington.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
