Bug 483124

Summary:	app-eselect/eselect-mta request
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	tot-to <bugs.gentoo.org.list>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Default Assignee for New Packages <maintainer-wanted>
Status:	UNCONFIRMED ---
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	net-mail+disabled
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=220473 https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158003
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description tot-to 2013-08-31 10:13:32 UTC

or app-admin/eselect-sendmail if you prefer.

This request is about the possibility of choosing /usr/bin/sendmail realization using eselect.

At the moment all realizations of /usr/bin/sendmail (mail transfer agents, see the full list of them in virtual/mta-1.ebuild) just blocks each other. And it is not possible to set-up exim while postfix is running. I believe it will be much more convinient to have them installed at the same time with /usr/bin/sendmail-exim and /usr/bin/sendmail-postfix binaries and /usr/bin/sendmail symbolic link, managable throgh eselect.