[PVE-User] Swap Postfix for sSMTP

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Stop trying to over complicate it.

~# apt-get install ssmtp
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
   postfix
The following NEW packages will be installed:
   ssmtp
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 57.4 kB of archives.
After this operation, 3,548 kB disk space will be freed.
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On 2/2/2015 2:58 PM, Paul Littlefield wrote:
> On 02/02/15 12:03, LicoMonch wrote:
>> I don't get you problem here, as the proposed solution from aptitude 
>> is exactly what you wanted to
>> do: uninstall postfix and install ssmtp
>>
>> Do I miss something?
>
>
> Ah, no, sorry... you didn't miss anything.
>
> I was just worried that it would go ahead and uninstall postfix + all 
> the stuff I didn't want it to uninstall the first time I tried it (see 
> original post).
>
> :)
>
> However, are you saying that if I go for installing ssmtp, it will go...
>
>
> install ssmtp > uninstall postfix > don't uninstall all the original 
> important proxmox stuff because Paul is installing another mta called 
> ssmtp, so just uninstall postfix and then install ssmtp straight away 
> in its place while not blowing up the server that is running vms.
>
>
> Have I got that correct?
>
> Perhaps I should try this on a virtual debian box to be safe?
>
> :)
>
> Paul
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