> > Jesse Keating (jkeating(a)redhat.com) said:
> >> This is because a select nothing install still requires a smtpd
> >> for cron jobs, and when no other smtpd is selected "exim" wins as
> >> it has the shortest name. However due to package ordering, exim
> >> winds up on disc3 (since the default smtp, sendmail, is picked if
> >> you actually add the group). I'm not entirely sure how I'm going
> >> to fix this that doesn't involve hard coding things for exim :/
> >
> > The best solution is to define a default, and put it in that group.
> > (postfix?)
>
> ssmtp is about the smallest at 50K or so.
Note that ssmtp is NOT a replacement here.
It does not do local delivery. So, if you need mail to go to a local
user, it won't do the trick.
esmtp? I believe most desktop users don't care about local emails from
their system and enterprise/server/power users know how to install a
decent mail server.
Peter