Re: Starting MTA:
Dale wrote:
> 2009/9/17 K. Jantzen <k.d.jantzen@t-online.de>:
>> Hello
>>
>> in the booting sequence of Debian lenny I see a line saying
>>
>> Starting MTA:
>>
>> It "takes ages" until Debian comes up with "exim4". Thus booting takes
>> quite some time.
>>
>> What does that mean?
>> Do I have to have that?
>> If not, how can I get rid of it.
>> Thanks.
>
>
> If you just got a desktop or laptop setup you don't really need a mail
> server running. So removal is very simple all you have to do is:
>
> apt-get remove --purge at bsd-mailx exim4 exim4-base exim4-config
> exim4-daemon-light
>
alternatively you could just install 'nullmailer'.
sudo aptitude install nullmailer
it will remove Exim4 and take care of the stuff easily.
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