Re: Exim (was Re: Qmail)

[Tim Cutts <tjrc1@scalopus.bio.cam.ac.uk>]

On Wed, 18 Dec 1996, John Goerzen wrote:

> >  * Internet only (no UUCP &c, unlike Smail and Sendmail).
> 
> How is that a "feature"?  Lack of UUCP is a serious problem for those in a 
> situation like me, who depend upon it!  At my location, it is the only 
> reasonable mail/news feed available.  I am all for including more packages in 
> Debian.  I think it's great there could be more MTAs included with Debian.  
> But let's be honest about what we're including please.

I agree that it is not a 'feature' as such.  I believe there *are* people
using Exim with UUCP, I seem to remember seeing a message on the
exim-users list about such a couple of months ago, presumably by using the
ability of the program to use any external program for delivery.

Tim.



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