Re: Conflicting alternatives
On 2021-02-20, David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote:
>
> For each MTA, you also have to ensure that their well-known recipes
> for passing off work to other software (like MDAs) still work, else
> Debian gets lumbered with supporting all the breakages that occur
> (or, worse, loses reputation).
>
Did someone mention (I have neglected to read most of the thread) that
Fedora has a switching mechanism?
Fedora 12 provides three MTAs: Sendmail, Postfix, and Exim. If all
three are installed, sendmail is the default MTA. The Mail Transport
Agent Switcher allows for the selection of either sendmail, postfix, or
exim as the default MTA for the system.
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/12/html/Deployment_Guide/s1-email-switchmail.html
The Mail Transport Agent Switcher. Almost sounds like a name invented by
the marketing department. Anyway, I guess the MTAS is irrelevant because
we're not concerned with Fedora here. But I suppose its existence proves
its usefulness---or maybe the word is practicality---at least for
Fedora users.
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