Which processes doi Really Need

[Kevin Fries]

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William Hooper wrote:

|> | *sendmail I wish Linux distros would stop installing this by
|> default.
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| It's useful to be able to get notification from things like your
| cron jobs.  Arguements could be made about choice of which one, but
| a MTA is a useful thing to have running.

I should have clarified that statement a little better.  In the old
days (yes I did use Redhat 2, how did you guess), most Linux email was
done from a local store.  Mail was literally routed to the desktop or
you would telnet into the mail server.  Back then, sendmail was
fantastic and appropriate.

However, nowadays, most people get their email via either pop or
imap.  In those cases, you need MUA capabilities, not MTA
capabilities.  By telling cron to send to me at mailserver.example.com I
no longer need sendmail installed locally.  I nearly always uninstall it.

Therefore, I wish Linux distros would stop relying on the crutch of
the local mailer, and start configuring defaults to look for a smtp
server on the network.  It reflects the modern reality.

I should have been more clear about what I meant.

Kevin Fries

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