[wellylug] Default email account for Ubuntu servers

[Cliff Pratt]

Xav Paice wrote:
>> Ubuntu seems to use Dovecot? newaliases is a sendmail thing isn't
>> it, or does Dovecot or whatever Ubuntu Server supplies need that?
>> Exim doesn't.
>> 
> 
> Dovecot is an IMAP/POP3 server rather than MTA - my Ubuntu is Postfix
> but that's because I installed it :)
> 
Ah OK. I've used neither.
 >
> newaliases is pretty generic afaik.
> 
Well, you can run newaliases on Exim, but it doesn't do anything. I was 
wondering about other MTAs - whether they really need or just provide 
NOP newaliases command.

Cheers,

Cliff