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Dennis Schridde <[log in to unmask]>
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Dennis Schridde <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:46:56 +0200
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Am Montag, 19. September 2011, 18:46:25 schrieben Sie:
> Am Montag, 19. September 2011, 09:56:47 schrieb Pat Riehecky:
> > Adding it shouldn't be too much work, but from the distribution side we
> > don't want to force all our users to run a "sending only" mail server
> > (or more) unless they actually want to.  I might instead add a check in
> > the script where, if sending mail doesn't look possible, it simply
> > doesn't try to send it.  That way people don't have to worry about
> > surprise software installation on their next update.  I know I'd freak
> > out if suddenly my system is running sendmail/postfix when it wasn't
> > before.
> It does not seem that mailx requires sendmail/postfix (says "rpm -qR
> mailx"). So adding the dependency should be safe.
Has this info I gave been considerd?
Has anything been decided on this issue, yet?

--Dennis

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