smtpdaemon and sendmail wrapper

[Tomasz Wittner]

On Tue 31. October 2006 21:41, Elan Ruusamäe wrote:
> imho they are different things
> 1. smtpdaemon means something that listens port 25
> 2. sendmail wrapper is package that provides /usr/lib/sendmail
> 
> are there any program that really needs smtpdaemon in this context?
> 
> i'd propose to use /usr/lib/sendmail Provides/Requires pairs when program 
> needs /usr/lib/sendmail binary (and drop smtpdaemon if none actually needs 
> it).
> 
Thank gln for pointing about that - f.e. msmtp can acts as /usr/lib/sendmail 
but it isn't daemon and doesn't listens on 25 port - IMO msmtp (really: 
msmtp-sendmail package) shouldn't provides/obsoletes smtpdaemon.

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Tomasz Wittner