---
- name: "✅ Ensure msmtp-mta is absent (conflicts with postfix smtp-forwarder)"
  package_install:
    id: msmtp-mta
    state: absent

- name: 🔎 Inspect /usr/bin/sendmail path before cleanup
  stat:
    path: /usr/bin/sendmail
    follow: false
  register: sys_svc_mail_msmtp_sendmail_stat

- name: 🗑️ Remove msmtp-managed sendmail compatibility link
  file:
    path: /usr/bin/sendmail
    state: absent
  when:
    - sys_svc_mail_msmtp_sendmail_stat.stat.exists | default(false)
    - sys_svc_mail_msmtp_sendmail_stat.stat.islnk | default(false)
    - sys_svc_mail_msmtp_sendmail_stat.stat.lnk_source | default('') == '/usr/bin/msmtp'