Re: Debian default mailer choice
Hi,
On Thu, Jul 17, 2025 at 12:54:58PM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> Why does Debian default to installing Exim4?
Just historical reasons I think: No great mystery, just that a choice
had to be made and that was the choice that was made.
Personally I haven't been too thrilled with Exim's security track record
of late and do kind of wish that the default had been Postfix, which
would serve my needs in 99% of cases, and be simpler. But there's
nothing except my own laziness stopping me from just switching to
Postfix so these are very minor whinges from me really and I do still
use Exim almost everywhere.
Anyway as far as I am aware more effort is being made to remove the need
for any MTA whatsoever (by removing dependencies on "an MTA") than to
seriously consider switching defaults from Exim to Postfix. I think it's
assumed that anyone who knows enough to know what an MTA is and have an
opinion about which one they want, can make that choice themselves.
Thanks,
Andy
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