Wm. Moss:
> On 9/1/24 17:15, tito via Dng wrote:
> > On Sun, 1 Sep 2024 20:32:32 +0100 (GMT+01:00) Kevin Chadwick wrote:
> > > 1 Sept 2024 07:54:53 tito via Dng <dng@???>:
> > > > Yes,  I fully agree. The first thing I do when setting up a new box
> > > > is to remove the installed MTA (usually exim) and install postfix

> > > Postfix is definitely more secure. Does the local system need an MTA
> > > or can you just disable Exim without replacing it on an average
> > > system with one person using it?

> > I think it does need one MTA as long as you setup some monitoring
> > software like smartd, logcheck, mdadm, cron-apt that sends you emails
> > to your local account or forwarded root account or acts as a relayhost
> > to send you mail to other email accounts (or if you are paranoid does
> > both), otherwise all you need is a mail client or a browser.
> >
> > Ciao,
> > Tito

> A good percentage of the default init scripts (daemons) send email to
> root@localhost. Therefore, an MTA is required. FYI: I read these with
> alpine (pine reinvented) which is a simple text based email client that
> is IMO ideal for such a simple task.

Agreed. Traditionally a *nix system is going to have local mail
delivery at minimum, for reasons of various (daemon) notifications to a
user or root. Postfix will offer an option upon install to deliver just
local mail, if no external email services are needed.

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