On Wed, 2005-01-26 at 15:43 -0500, Adam Aube wrote: > Glyn Tebbutt wrote: > > > Ive been thinking, do i really need exim4 installed? Ive got my server > > setup as my mail server from which i access all my mail via imap but on > > my laptop do i really need exim4? Or do i need it for system only mail? > > anacron and at depend on some sort of MTA, and the output of cron jobs (if > any) is sent via system email. Since this email will show you if something > is going wrong with your system's cron jobs, you definitely want it. > > On my laptop, Exim is configured for a non-networked setup, so it does local > mail delivery only. All system users are aliased to root, which is aliased > to my username, so I get all system mail. > > Adam > > Could you set it up in that way but then have the service disabled? or does it have to be running to recieve the mail?? Cheers for the reply -- +---------------------------------------------------------+ | Glyn Tebbutt | d3c3it-linux@ntlworld.com | |--------------' http://homepage.ntlworld.com/d3c3it | | gpg-key: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/d3c3it/d3c3it.gpg | | Lisa, if we conserve the environmentalist win | | -Homer Simpson | +---------------------------------------------------------+
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