Re: Starting MTA: why does it take so long?
On Thu, 6 Sep 2007 21:13:02 +0200
Chris <list.hurschler@gmx.de> wrote:
> I have several desktop systems, and regadless of whether I leave exim4
> unconfigured, or setup for local system use only, it takes quite a while to
> start on boot.
Googling for (parts of your) subject "Starting MTA takes long" would have taken you directly to
http://datenroulette.de/blog/index.php?blog=4&title=starting_mta_takes_a_long_time&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
which is only one of multriplillions of hi(n)ts you would have gotten if you had tried figuring it out yourself in the first place.
> I don't really know what the MTA is supposed to do on a laptop or desktop
> system, but I've read that it shouldn't be uninstallted. Is this really the
> case?
Yep. There're background jobs mailing "you" if something's going wrong or not. Without MTA you won't get this messages.
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