Comment 9 for bug 141641

Till Kamppeter [2009-06-12 17:15 -0000]:
> If we cannot get rid of postfix being pulled by the installation of the
> lsb package, can we at least make the postfix installation completely
> automatic? Currently when one installs postfix, it asks the user which
> kind of mail server he wants to have. Users do not know what to answer
> there, as they usually have installed some application program or
> printer driver. I would suggest that postfix simply installs with the
> local-only configuration in such a case.

It is a possibility, but if you just hit "no configuration" (the
default), it won't ask further questions. If we skip the entire
debconf interface by default, we would make it much harder for people
who actually want to set up a mail server.