Re: Default mail-transport-agent

2007-10-25 Thread Josip Rodin
On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 05:42:57PM +0200, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > Something like nullmailer or ssmtp. Sadly, both of those are pretty crappy. -- 2. That which causes joy or happiness. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PR

Re: Default mail-transport-agent

2007-10-24 Thread sean finney
On Wednesday 24 October 2007 05:42:57 pm Joerg Jaspert wrote: > On 11182 March 1977, Marco d'Itri wrote: > >> Thoughts? Flames? Let me have it! :) > > > > Let's just switch to postfix, exim is way too much complex for most > > applications. > > No. if we ever switch away from exim, which we should,

Re: Default mail-transport-agent

2007-10-24 Thread Don Armstrong
On Wed, 24 Oct 2007, Nico Golde wrote: > Oh ok thank you, that explains why it didn't work here even with > deleting the config files, there is an MTA configured. Uh... it asks you the questions even if there is an MTA configured. Don Armstrong -- Identical parts aren't. -- Beach's Law http:

Re: Default mail-transport-agent

2007-10-24 Thread Nico Golde
Hi Don, * Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-10-24 20:42]: > On Wed, 24 Oct 2007, Nico Golde wrote: > > The question was if you get asked how to report bugs on install this > > should have nothing to do with what the user has in his home > > directory. > > Of course it should; reportbug needs

Re: Default mail-transport-agent

2007-10-24 Thread Don Armstrong
On Wed, 24 Oct 2007, Nico Golde wrote: > The question was if you get asked how to report bugs on install this > should have nothing to do with what the user has in his home > directory. Of course it should; reportbug needs to know who is sending the mail, and the proper place to store that is in t

Re: Default mail-transport-agent

2007-10-24 Thread Nico Golde
Hi Stephen, * Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-10-24 20:35]: > This one time, at band camp, Nico Golde said: > > Hi Daniel, > > * Daniel Jacobowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-10-24 20:25]: > > > On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 08:00:20PM +0200, Nico Golde wrote: > > > > Just tried by doing an aptitude

Re: Default mail-transport-agent

2007-10-24 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Nico Golde said: > Hi Daniel, > * Daniel Jacobowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-10-24 20:25]: > > On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 08:00:20PM +0200, Nico Golde wrote: > > > Just tried by doing an aptitude purge reportbug && aptitude > > > install reportbug since I haven't install

Re: Default mail-transport-agent

2007-10-24 Thread Nico Golde
Hi Daniel, * Daniel Jacobowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-10-24 20:25]: > On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 08:00:20PM +0200, Nico Golde wrote: > > Just tried by doing an aptitude purge reportbug && aptitude > > install reportbug since I haven't installed a fresh system > > for quite some time, but it didn'

Re: Default mail-transport-agent

2007-10-24 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 08:00:20PM +0200, Nico Golde wrote: > Just tried by doing an aptitude purge reportbug && aptitude > install reportbug since I haven't installed a fresh system > for quite some time, but it didn't ask at least on this > system here. I would imagine it's in $HOME/.reportbu

Re: Default mail-transport-agent

2007-10-24 Thread Nico Golde
Hi Bernd, * Bernd Zeimetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-10-24 19:49]: > >> reportbug is able to talk smtp to bugs.d.o directly, reportbug-ng allows > >> the user to select a MUA to edit and send the mail. > > > > Yes that's true however the default configuration should be > > changed then. > > Doesn

Re: Default mail-transport-agent

2007-10-24 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
>> reportbug is able to talk smtp to bugs.d.o directly, reportbug-ng allows >> the user to select a MUA to edit and send the mail. > > Yes that's true however the default configuration should be > changed then. Doesn't reportbug just ask how to submit bugs while starting it the first time? IMHO

Re: Default mail-transport-agent

2007-10-24 Thread Steve Greenland
On 24-Oct-07, 11:52 (CDT), martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > also sprach Joerg Jaspert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007.10.24.1742 +0200]: > > No. if we ever switch away from exim, which we should, (a move the exim > > maintainer sure would love :), less bugreports), the only good option is >

Re: Default mail-transport-agent

2007-10-24 Thread Nico Golde
Hi Bernd, * Bernd Zeimetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-10-24 19:04]: > >> No. if we ever switch away from exim, which we should, (a move the exim > >> maintainer sure would love :), less bugreports), the only good option is > >> to use a package that does not listen on any interface by default and > >

Re: Default mail-transport-agent

2007-10-24 Thread Michael Biebl
Nico Golde schrieb: > Hi Joerg, > * Joerg Jaspert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-10-24 17:44]: >> On 11182 March 1977, Marco d'Itri wrote: >> Thoughts? Flames? Let me have it! :) >>> Let's just switch to postfix, exim is way too much complex for most >>> applications. >> No. if we ever switch away

Re: Default mail-transport-agent

2007-10-24 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
Hi, >> No. if we ever switch away from exim, which we should, (a move the exim >> maintainer sure would love :), less bugreports), the only good option is >> to use a package that does not listen on any interface by default and >> just does local delivery. > [...] > Wouldn't this make it more di

Re: Default mail-transport-agent

2007-10-24 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Joerg Jaspert [Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:42:57 +0200]: > No. if we ever switch away from exim, which we should, (a move the exim > maintainer sure would love :), less bugreports), the only good option is > to use a package that does not listen on any interface by default and > just does local delivery

Re: Default mail-transport-agent

2007-10-24 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Joerg Jaspert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007.10.24.1742 +0200]: > No. if we ever switch away from exim, which we should, (a move the exim > maintainer sure would love :), less bugreports), the only good option is > to use a package that does not listen on any interface by default and > just

Re: Default mail-transport-agent

2007-10-24 Thread Nico Golde
Hi Joerg, * Joerg Jaspert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-10-24 17:44]: > On 11182 March 1977, Marco d'Itri wrote: > > >> Thoughts? Flames? Let me have it! :) > > Let's just switch to postfix, exim is way too much complex for most > > applications. > > No. if we ever switch away from exim, which we sho

Re: Default mail-transport-agent

2007-10-24 Thread Joerg Jaspert
On 11182 March 1977, Marco d'Itri wrote: >> Thoughts? Flames? Let me have it! :) > Let's just switch to postfix, exim is way too much complex for most > applications. No. if we ever switch away from exim, which we should, (a move the exim maintainer sure would love :), less bugreports), the only

Re: Default mail-transport-agent

2007-10-24 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Oct 24, Soren Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thoughts? Flames? Let me have it! :) Let's just switch to postfix, exim is way too much complex for most applications. -- ciao, Marco signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Default mail-transport-agent

2007-10-24 Thread Soren Hansen
nd all its derivatives is going to agree on a preferred mta (Debian has traditionally preferred exim4, while Ubuntu traditionally has preferred postfix, just to name a few), it has been suggested to add a meta package (called default-mail-transport-agent or something to that effect) that each distri