483124 – app-eselect/eselect-mta request

Bug 483124 - app-eselect/eselect-mta request

Summary: app-eselect/eselect-mta request

Status:	UNCONFIRMED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal enhancement (vote)
Assignee:	Default Assignee for New Packages

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Reported:	2013-08-31 10:13 UTC by tot-to
Modified:	2015-04-11 13:59 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

See Also:	220473 158003
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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.