postfix removal/install

[Roger <grunky@rockriver.net>]

I'm attempting to install postfix - I ran into a problem(of my own 
doing) and decided to start from scratch.. 

I removed the debs

postfix
postfix-tls

but I still get them in the list of packages..

root@debian:/etc# dpkg -l | grep -i postfix
rc  postfix        2.1.3-1        A high-performance mail transport agent
rc  postfix-tls    2.1.3-1        TLS and SASL support for Postfix

Also when I removed both these packages their are still files left 
behind - ie init scripts, file and directories in /var/spool/postfix..

So after the boteched removal I re-installed - and re-removed.  Still 
same problem.  Only now upon re-installing I feel I'm missing some files 
- almost like the new re-install is only half way taking place.

At this point I'm looking to remove postfix 100% and start clean.  
Problem is I can't do that.  Since I'm new to apt-get I'm wondering if 
its database(or where it keeps it information is corrupted) under Redhat 
I sometimes had to rebuild the rpm database if it got botched.

Suggestions?

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Rock River Internet                          Roger Grunkemeyer
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