Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 02:20:07 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: "Steven P. Donegan" <donegan@quick.net> Cc: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>, The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>, "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@FreeBSD.ORG>, committers@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Postfix is coming. new uid, gid required. Message-ID: <368BB247.886FB8DA@newsguy.com> References: <Pine.BSI.3.91.981231082907.26431F-100000@oldnews.quick.net>
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"Steven P. Donegan" wrote: > > I have a definite rumble about removing sendmail - making postfix a port > is great, making it the default and/or removing sendmail is IMHO a really > non-smart idea until postfix proves itself. > > What's the rush? If it's such a great thing the masses will start asking > for it, let it mature in the ports area until enough people ask for it to > be the default. Don't remove something that everyone uses and don't bloat > the distribution without a good reason. Sigh. I ought to have kept my mouth shut about this. Anyway, it is *not* being proposed to make Postfix default or removing sendmail. Though, from what I have heard so far, that is the *LONG TERM* plan. The idea is putting Postfix on the contrib as a way to make it further easier to choose Postfix during installation, and thus "push" Postfix as an alternative. Since Postfix is compatible to some extent with Sendmail, that is not entirely evil, IMHO. :-) Now, someone mentioned to me in prvt mail about on-coming sendmail license changes. If that's true, then it *is* imperative for FreeBSD to find an alternative. And try it. BEFORE sendmail gets stale. Mmmm.... I wonder if I'm not throwing more wood in the fire... Oh, well, better get the abestos out of the closet. :-) -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com "Heart like a Gabriel, pure and white as ivory, soul like a lucifer, black and cold as a piece of lead." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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