Ubuntu
msmtp package

  1. Bug #61265
  2. Comment #1

Comment 1 for bug 61265

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In , Christoph Berg (myon) wrote : Re: Bug#328123: msmtp is a valid replacement of mail-transport-agent

reassign 328123 msmtp
thanks

> On my mobile host, I don't see any use for running any mail-transport-agent,
> such as exim or postfix. Instead I use msmtp to talk to my SMTP-server. Still, I
> can't remove my mail-transport-agent, as mutt insists on having one installed.
> Thus I suggest to depend on mail-transport-agent | exim4 | msmtp, if any.

It's up to msmtp to decide if it wants to "Provides:
mail-transport-agent".

(And the first alternative in the Depends: line has to be a real
package for technical reason, that's why it's "exim4 |
mail-transport-agent" in mutt.)

Christoph
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