[rhelv6-beta-list] Missing or removed package - Exim

[Nico Kadel-Garcia]

On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 4:05 PM, Bill Nottingham <notting at redhat.com> wrote:
> Mark Chappell (tremble at tremble.org.uk) said:
>> The suggestion was that this was deliberate, apparently both exim and
>> cyrus are "dead" (personally I disagree) and everyone should be using
>> postfix/dovecot.  Several people muttered on this list, and I've heard
>> mutterings elsewhere, EPEL will no doubt pick up the flag if this
>> decision is upheld.
>
> cyrus-imapd is planning to return in a later milestone. See bug 587872.
>
> exim is not... we include two MTAs that you can choose from, and EPEL is
> available if people would like to maintain other options.

EPEL is problematic to rely on for core services. While it's possible
to call people like me for support of non-RedHat supported packages,
I've been finding Exim to be an excellent and managable solution for
some awkward requirements that I've run into before.