I submitted this question a while ago, and didn't get much of a response. Here goes agai:
I am having a problem in that I am using qmail on my system, and the apt/dpkg system does not recognize that it fills the dependency of a mail-transport-agent. So, by default everytime I want to install something like a mail reader (mutt) I get a requirement that I need exim or something to be installed. I am unable to purge exim without breaking a bunch of dependencies. does anyone know how I can tell apt/dpkg that my own version of qmail will fulfill the mail-transport-agent package requirement, or else just ignore the mail-transport-agent requirement all together? If anyone has any clues, or knows where I can find the information, I would really appreciate it. Thanks! - Paul