On Thu 03/Jul/2025 20:07:38 +0200 altoid via Dng wrote:
> On 3 Jul 2025 at 11:57, Haines Brown via Dng wrote:
>
>> ... followed some direction needed to make exim secure ...
> You may want to reconsider having exim4 as your MTA.
>
> Unless it is for a server, IMO it is far too complex for desktop
> duty.
>
> I find it incomprehensible that it is the default MTA for Debian.
> And as a result, for Devuan.


Maybe because some programs need something like sendmail for logging. Cron, for example (is cron run by desktops?).

These days, most of the people I know who used to run their own mail domain have outsourced it. Running a mail server has become more difficult.


> I got rid of it after a botched security upgrade a couple of yesr ago
> and replaced it with DragonFly Mail Agent.
>
> https://pkginfo.devuan.org/cgi-bin/package-query.html?c=package&q=dma=0.13-1+b2


Curious half-a-way. Another one is msmtp:
https://pkginfo.devuan.org/cgi-bin/package-query.html?c=package&q=msmtp=1.8.28-3


Best
Ale
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