Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:15:24 -0200 From: Gonzalo Nemmi <gnemmi@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why is sendmail is part of the system and not a package? Message-ID: <200910271715.24977.gnemmi@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <b79ecaef0910270216q14421922w4acf62103322c16a@mail.gmail.com> References: <4AE5F897.3000103@rawbw.com> <20091027021723.M88213@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> <b79ecaef0910270216q14421922w4acf62103322c16a@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tuesday 27 October 2009 7:16:14 am Chris Rees wrote: > 2009/10/27 Lars Eighner <luvbeastie@larseighner.com>: > > On Tue, 27 Oct 2009, Jonathan McKeown wrote: > >> On Monday 26 October 2009 21:29:27 Yuri wrote: > >>> It's in /usr/sbin/sendmail. > >>> > >>> How many people actually use it? Very few. > >>> Why isn't it moved to ports? > >> > >> What is this anti-sendmail obsession people have? > > > > The configuration is opaque, to put it kindly. > > Are you talking about sendmail.m4 or sendmail.cf? Because we stopped > editing sendmail.cf by hand years ago..... I really don't think > configuring it properly is difficult. Im holding "Sendmail, 3rd edition" by O'reilly in my hands right now .. the Bat book .. I covers up to Sendmail 8.12 (massive changes took place between 8.9 and 8.12), and I'm still looking at a massive 1207 pages book that deals with a single piece of software ... In my other hand, I'm holding "Postfix, The definitive guide" by O'Reilly too ... 206 pages to get a fully functional MTA working. The Senmail book is even bigger than the Lucas book on FreeBSD ... the whole Operative System > As you kindly cut out of Jonathan's post when you replied to it, > > "Almost everyone I've ever spoken to about why they dislike sendmail > trots out a bunch of cliches based on sendmail 8.8. People, we're up > to sendmail 8.14 now. Get over it!" No .. it didn't get any easier. Best Regards Gonzalo Nemmi
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