On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:06:24 +0100
Peter Robinson <pbrobinson(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 7:51 PM, Bill
Nottingham<notting(a)redhat.com>
wrote:
> 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.
Peter
kevin