Suggestions welcomed.
how about not running a full MTA on a laptop/client install... at all?
That works if you have reliable, continuous access to the 'net. Not my case, sorry.
Nothing to say you can't re-enable it yourself. I don't have a permanent connection to the net but evolution happily holds it in my outbox until I go back online and can connect to a network. Fedora can never cater to everyone's needs out of the box without a little tweaking.
Peter