Comment 2 for bug 141641
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| Jeff Licquia (jeff-licquia) wrote Re: [Bug 141641] [NEW] installing lsb requires postfix | #2 |
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Launchpad Bug Tracker wrote:
> Is it normal (and absolutely necessary) that when one installs lsb, postfix is pulled at the same time from the requirement ?
> Installing a daemon is not something that trivial from a security point of view and there are many case where lsb might be needed on a machine where postfix is useless.
The LSB includes the "sendmail" command, which must be present. One way
to provide this command is to install a full MTA, such as postfix.
There are a few "light" mailers that also provide the sendmail command.
I tend to use "ssmtp" on systems that don't need a full MTA.