Re: [opensuse] sendmail | postfix seem compulsory

Mark V wrote:

On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Joe Sloan wrote:

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Mark V wrote:

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Hi, I'm trying to uninstall sendmail via YaST, when I do it installs postfix as a required dependency. when I then try to uninstall postfix, Yast indicates sendmail must be installed..... so the circle goes.

Any suggestions how I can track down what is causing this?

Then hopefully I can remove it, and uninstall sendmail/postfix. I don't think the system is happy without some sort of MTA - why do you want all MTAs removed from your system BTW?

OK, I worked out what to do: /usr/sbin/update-alternatives --remove mta /usr/bin/mailx

Then I was able to install ssmtp and send an email. I'm still not able to unistall sendmail|postfix, but at least they are no longer stopping me use ssmtp.

Good to know - I've been using postfix so long that it just seems natural, but it's good to have a choice in the matter. Joe -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org