Why does mdadm install postfix

See original description. Add tags Tag help. Marc Deslauriers mdeslaur on Jamie Strandboge jdstrand on Revision history for this message. Agree, I had to manually remove postfix, and set up msmtp-mta instead. I prefer the approach Debian takes which has "mail-transport-agent" as a "recommends" dependency. So you can replace disks etc. To send out notifications mdadm needs a sendmail command MTA mail transport agent.

To deliver mail localy you need a mail delivery agent MDA Things like exim, postfix open network ports and are large and not easy to configure, but of course provide the sendmail command and delivery. Current mdadm in 9. Ah, sorry I over-read you updated. This gives Linux and Ubuntu a bad name, can this please , please, please be sorted. Hello and thank you to everyone who reported and commented on this issue. Matthew: If you installed msmtp-mta, you wouldn't need the symlink.

See full activity log. To post a comment you must log in. Report a bug. This report contains Public information Edit Everyone can see this information. You are not directly subscribed to this bug's notifications. After that bit is done, you can configure the other deamons to work with your e-mail address. You can check if the mail will be delivered.

Now be sure that the demon runs on startup with your pc. After -n are options to prevent the disks from idling for a test. Posted in Uncategorized. Very helpful guide.

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So there is postfix which can send mails via sendmail to your e-mail address. Please mark your thread as solved if you get a satisfactory response Different ways to contribute to Xubuntu.