Bug 275993

Summary:	mail-mta/msmtp should not depend on virtual/mta
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Priit Laes (IRC: plaes) <plaes>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Net-Mail Packages <net-mail+disabled>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	cbrannon
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Priit Laes (IRC: plaes) 2009-06-30 20:03:53 UTC

I do not see a reason why msmtp should block other mail-mta/ packages...

Some people might want to use custom smtp sender that's easily configurable by user itself.

Comment 1 Christopher Brannon (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-12-15 20:04:53 UTC

I concur.  msmtp is useful on a per-user basis, and it aught to be possible
to install a real MTA alongside of msmtp.

Comment 2 Christopher Brannon (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-12-16 04:54:57 UTC

I should have read more carefully before writing my previous comment.
Disabling the mta use flag gives exactly the behavior that I want.
I.E., msmtp does not block other MTAs.
As I see it, this issue is resolved.

Comment 3 Tim Harder gentoo-dev

2011-01-27 20:51:44 UTC

Closing because you can disable the mta USE flag if you don't want it to act as a system's mta.