hmh(_at_)debian(_dot_)org writes:
Debian will not follow that default. It would produce an unacceptable
dependency on procmail. I'd have 200 people on my doorstep claiming for my
liver if I added such a dependency (I use procmail myself, btw).
What's the default MTA and respective MDA in Debian?
In Conectiva we have Postfix as MTA (it has it's own MDA) and it is
now requiring procmail. (I have to check why, but I think it's for
backwards compatibility with our previous default MTA - sendmail.)
Are DNS lookups needed at all in single-drop mode? Are there any MTAs
braidamaged enough to refuse mail from localhost due to DNS issues (and if
there are any, do we care) ?
Having DNS lookups is useful for rejecting messages with unexistent
domains --- usually SPAM. I use this feature here. It checks the
Sender: address.
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Godoy. <godoy(_at_)conectiva(_dot_)com>
Solutions Developer - Conectiva Inc. - http://en.conectiva.com
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