On 17/10/11 08:47, Andrew Wood wrote: > Why is an MTA (exim) installed by deafult on Squeeze even if the > 'Mail Server' option is not selected during installation?
Old habits die hard ;-) It's there for the same reason nfs is - some people consider it a requirement. Your basic desktop build doesn't. > Does it actually serve any purpose on an out of the box basic > installation? Yes. Is it required for a basic *desktop*? No. > > Andrew > > You can (usually) remove is without problem - it will shave a few seconds off your boot time. First check that it's not actually required with a simulated removal:- # apt-get -s remove exim4* | more If it looks fine - proceed to pull it all off:- # apt-get --purge remove exim4* I usually remove it from desktop machines. Cheers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4e9b8a5a.2000...@gmail.com
