Re: What is required to deliver system mail locally ???
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On Saturday 15 November 2003 01:42, Michael D Schleif wrote:
> I do not want exim, nor its ilk, on open port 25.
>
> I do want system mail (cron, error messages, &c.) to be delivered to
> root.
>
> Is exim required?
>
> If I uninstall exim, will system mail continue to be delivered?
>
> What is the Debian way to accomplish these goals?
You don't need a MTA (like Exim) listening on port 25, to have it do local
delivery. For instance, in qmail (which I'm familiar with), the listener
program is a separate program from the delivery mechanism (don't know how it
is in exim).
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John L. Fjellstad____________________________________________________
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