Re: What is required to deliver system mail locally ???

From: John L. Fjellstad (john-debian_at_fjellstad.org)
Date: 11/15/03

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Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 02:48:47 +0100

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    On Saturday 15 November 2003 01:42, Michael D Schleif wrote:
    > I do not want exim, nor its ilk, on open port 25.
    >
    > I do want system mail (cron, error messages, &c.) to be delivered to
    > root.
    >
    > Is exim required?
    >
    > If I uninstall exim, will system mail continue to be delivered?
    >
    > What is the Debian way to accomplish these goals?

    You don't need a MTA (like Exim) listening on port 25, to have it do local
    delivery. For instance, in qmail (which I'm familiar with), the listener
    program is a separate program from the delivery mechanism (don't know how it
    is in exim).

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