Re: Fresh Debian Install w/o Exim?

[Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>]

On 2010-03-02 15:54 +0100, Carlos Williams wrote:

> If you remove Exim manually using apt-get --purge exim4 or if you
> install an alternative MTA and the package manager uninstalls Exim,
> either way you're left with this much mess & that doesn't include the
> user accounts and groups:
>
> root@mail:~# locate exim
> [snip]
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/exim4-base.list
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/exim4-base.postrm
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/exim4-config.list
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/exim4-config.postrm
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/exim4-daemon-light.list
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/exim4-daemon-light.postrm
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/exim4.list
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/exim4.postrm

Well, you did *not* purge the exim4 packages if these files exist.
Run "dpkg --purge exim4{,-base,-config,-daemon-light}" and see if
anything is left then.

Sven