Re: Bug#23000: no way to force deliver over procmail
> If I may, why is sensable-mda not an /etc/alternatives thing?
The problem is that deliver and procmail take different arguments.
> If not present, sendmail is able to deliver itself and if present it should
> use the MDA which scores the highest on update-alternatives OR local admin's
> choice of MDA. procmail, deliver, and mailagent(? I've not used..) should
> all be alternatives for sensible-mda and ranked probably procmail,
> mailagent, deliver by default. (Sorry Manoj, but procmail is less of a
> surprise as an MDA than mailagent IMO..)
I would be in favor of an /etc/alternatives mechanism that used a wrapper
for each MDA. That way all MTAs could depend on an MDA virtual package.
You get the functionality of sensible-mda with the configurability of
symlinks.
Of course, I'd still override sendmail to use procmail directly.
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