If the driver concerned were part of Ubuntu that might be fixable. But you state it is "unsupported", so the Ubuntu community can't support it, unfortunately.
I suspect the driver does not directly need postfix, just "any way to send email out from this machine"; postfix is the default choice for many packages in Ubuntu to install to meet such a requirement. If you prefer something smaller you can install ssmtp and set that up, and many packages will then use it instead of postfix for their outbound email needs. Why a printer driver wants to email something (perhaps registration info to HP? Perhaps alerts to an admin when the printer is low on toner or out of paper?) I don't know. Without full source code for the driver, I can't really find out, either. Just so you know, Internet RFC 1178 (which is all about choosing hostnames) specifically advises "Don't use digits at the beginning of the name"... :) It might be good for Ubuntu to check for this issue, when the host names is chosen during installation, and at least warn the unwary user/systemadministrator about it. -- postfix doesn't install when hostname contains only digits https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/402776 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to postfix in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
