Sven Joachim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > And then you are using Debian unstable, even experimental!? I don't > know if I should call that brave or reckless. ;-)
:-) I'm playing around with backups in my back. Just to get emacs22. > No, removing exim is very much _not_ recommended. You don't have to > use it to send mail to remote hosts, it can be configured for local > mail delivery only, that is very easy in Debian. And if you don't > have an MTA, you will not be informed if the cron jobs notice any > anomaly on your system, since cron cannot send you mails. Yes, good point. But right now my crontabs are empty. > Well, a minimal installation of Debian does not include Emacs. ;-) > Seriously, unless you really know what you are doing you should not > remove parts of the Debian base system (i.e. packages that are of > priority "important" or higher). I did it, because my resources are low and I don't see the need for a MTA. Yesterday I've got a new hd with plenty of space …. And yes, I could install a minimal system without exim. I don't know wether that is called the base system. Next, I installed emacs for editing, mailing and reading news. That's about the way I install new systems before turning to other software, so I can get help. You could call it my personal minsys, and I'm sure others like it in a similar manner. Of course, I changed smtpmail.el again. But I would'nt like to expect problems at this early stage when building a new system - at least in stable :-). Thanks for the discussion. Cheers, Ralf
