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Re: how can i turn /dev/null into an MTA?



Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 10:26:17AM +0200, Dirk wrote:
(see subject)

i don't want an MTA running on a system... but many programs require it as dependency to spam me with their stuff (which should belong into just a log file (IMO))...

Unix without an MTA???

Why not install exim, then look at the filters section of the docs.
Exim can do the same kinds of filters as procmail for each user.  Don't
have an alias for root's mail, put a filter in /root/.forward (or
wherever its supposed to go; its been a while), and then have that
filter put the mail wherever you want.
If you really don't want the mail, the filter can delete it without it
being read.
Doug.



nah.. instead of configuring a package i don't want to install in the first place i just run a cronjob that de-installs the MTA every 30 minutes using

dpkg --force-all --purge exim4

..so i can run updates and the cronjob makes sure it turns out the way i want it..


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