Re: Debian's default MTA + MDA
On Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 10:38:58AM +1000, Andrew Nesbit wrote:
> Hello. I am still preparing to install Debian, but I am not sure of
> what the default MTA is. I get the impression that it is exim, but I
> have not been able to find any definitive answer anywhere in the
> Debian Documentation Project. How is one supposed to find out this
> sort of information?
It's exim. The only way to find this out is really to look through the
list of MTAs (that is, packages providing mail-transport-agent) and see
which one has the highest priority. (exim is 'Priority: important'; the
priorities are required, important, standard, optional, and extra.)
> And another thing: what is the default MDA? (Does exim function as its
> own MDA?)
exim can be its own MDA, yes. Many people use procmail, which is
'Priority: standard'.
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Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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