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mutt package

mutt depends on default-mta(provided by postfix)

Bug #1296389 reported by wsdookadr
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Bug Description

This page shows that http://packages.ubuntu.com/raring/mutt depends on default-mta(which is provided by postfix).
How about a more light-weight mta ?

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wsdookadr (stefan-petrea) wrote :

I would like to suggest msmtp-mta instead it's much more lightweight and it's a good mta.

wsdookadr (stefan-petrea)
description: updated
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Juan Moyano (wincus) wrote :

Mutt can talk directly with a smtp server (smtp_url configuration option) which I think makes unnecesary to force the user to install a local mta. In my personal opinion mutt default-mta should be optional.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in mutt (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Bill Duetschler (bikergeek) wrote :

Is this a dupe of 1143862? In any event, it seems unnecessary to install a full-weight, highly-configurable MTA like postfix as a dependency of mutt. Either switch the dependency to a lighter-weight MTA that functions only to forward mail to a central mailhub for delivery, or, eliminate the need for an MTA altogether and rely on the user configuring mutt options correctly for SMTP forwarding.

If a user has a need for postfix on a specific machine for whatever reason, they can install and configure it themselves.

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