k.d.jant...@t-online.de wrote: >> 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.
quail.li...@gmail.com wrote: > 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 I agree with Dale. On a laptop or a desktop, there may not even be any mail sent. Check whether there is any mail in /var/spool/mail. My netbook does not have any - for any user. If you are unsure (given the other responses), you could run update-rc.d -f exim remove to stop exim from running without changing any of its settings. If you decide to uninstall exim, see Dale's email. I you decide to reset exim to its original init params, run update-rc.d exim4 start 20 1 2 3 4 . stop 20 0 1 6 . (<-- note the period) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
