Remove exim4 from Debian
2007 December 29
Debian has the thing to
install exim4 as default but on most common Debian systems it isn’t
needed. So in order to remove exim4 from your system, I do the
following:
dpkg --force-depends --purge exim4-daemon-light
update-rc.d -f exim4 remove
Note: I did this way if any of you out there know a better way please tell me….
A much better solution is:
apt-get –purge install esmtp-run maildrop
apt-get –purge remove exim4-.\*
Most unix systems need an MTA to function properly because many
services (e.g. cron) use it to send notifications. If you dont want a
daemon use an offline mta like esmtp.
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Funny, I’ve been trying to figure out why Exim came with Debian all along, but if other services need an MTA…hmmm that makes a little more sense.
Cheers,
Alex