On Fri, Jul 03, 1998 at 01:06:11PM -0400, Clint Adams wrote: > > If I may, why is sensable-mda not an /etc/alternatives thing? > > The problem is that deliver and procmail take different arguments. This was pointed out to me on irc. > > 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. This seems like a GOOD idea. I was told on irc that only sendmail allowed you to pick your MDA. Not true. I know qmail will let you and I am pretty sure exim would too since it's supposedly configurable for everything ELSE. These wrappers shouldn't be hard to write I suspect. > Of course, I'd still override sendmail to use procmail directly. And I'd still use qmail or exim or something, but. =>
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