2009/9/18 Tom H <tomh0...@gmail.com>: > 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) >
True I maintain a mixture of Debian boxes and the only ones that have mail servers on them are servers or firewall / gateway / routers to send mail local or across a network to a central computer for the purpose of getting logs sent from programs like bind9, syslog, rkhunter, etc. And for the Desktop environments I have not had them send any emails due to the nature of the software they are running. In a corporate environment you may need desktops to send system based emails to a central mail server to catch minor problems early before they come a major problem. </little rant> Regards Dale -- [WWW] http://southernvaleslug.org/ [IRC] #southern-vales.lug on irc.freenode.net "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them" Albert Einstein -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
