(TOFU corrected; please trim your replies and use interleaved posting style for this list.) In <[🔎] 9519478A2C4B49998620B5579BC2D0E6@ionicoffice.ionic.co.uk>, Chris Harries wrote: >-----Original Message----- >From: Jochen Schulz [mailto:ml@well-adjusted.de] >Sent: 17 September 2009 12:30 > >>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. > >I was pointing in the right direction, rather then holding a hand No, you weren't. You were pointing in the wrong direction. If you had stopped before giving the erroneous "update-rc.d -f exim remove" command, that would have been showing the way without hand-holding. However, that command is bad for the reasons Jochen mentioned (among others). -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. bss@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/
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