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Re: Starting MTA:



Michal:
> 
> MTA is mail transfer agent, exim is one of those, like sendmail,
> postfix et al, and you can remove this. Check the guide under
> install/remove some software
> 
> update-rc.d -f exim remove

This is bad advice for various reasons.

- It doesn't solve the problem, it's just a workaround.
- It doesn't "remove software", it just prevents Exim's init script to
  be executed during boot.
- It only works until Exim gets upgraded for some reason.

J.
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