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Re: Postfix as default MTA?



On Thu, Jul 01, 1999 at 10:14:47AM +1000, Craig Sanders wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 01, 1999 at 08:40:31AM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> > And even then, is it worth switching?
> IMO, yes. the switch isn't difficult and provides numerous benefits.

That's true, it's just a matter of priorities in the override file
as I understand it.

> changing the default mailer only affects new systems. it doesn't affect
> existing exim (or whatever) installs. users who end up upgrading from
> slink to potato don't even have to switch to postfix unless they want to
> - by default, exim will just get upgraded to the potato version. they
> have to select postfix in dselect or run "apt-get install postfix" if
> they want to change. nothing is forcing them to change and exim will
> still be available.

Sounds reasonable.


Hamish
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