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Re: postfix as default-mta? [Re: Bug#508644: new release goal default-mta?]



On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 1:01 AM, Harald Braumann <harry@unheit.net> wrote:

> I never talked about Exim. I was just opposing the proposition, that
> some esoteric mailer like nullsmtp or esmtp will become the default in
> Debian.

I find the notion of a "default MTA" to be silly. Most desktops or
laptops or cellphones proably do not need an MTA. The MTA to choose on
a server depends on what you are doing with the server. My point is
that MTA requirements are too diverse to possibly consider any one MTA
a useful default.

-- 
bye,
pabs

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