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Date:      Tue, 30 Jul 2002 16:53:14 +0200
From:      Matthias Buelow <mkb@mukappabeta.net>
To:        Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net>
Cc:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: bin/41012: /etc/periodic/daily/440.status-mailq assumes sendmail
Message-ID:  <3D46A85A.8090609@mukappabeta.net>
References:  <200207290740.g6T7e31g091006@freefall.freebsd.org> <3D454B81.2050405@mukappabeta.de> <20020730071817.GC2549@straylight.oblivion.bg>

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Peter Pentchev wrote:

>I think the currently available periodic scripts are tailored for
>a default installation; that is, they make it so a novice user reaps
>all the benefits of the software installed with the system (with Sendmail
>as the default MTA) with no need to tweak any knobs.  Administrators
>who install other MTA's should arguably be prepared to tweak the system
>startup scripts a bit :)
>
>  
>
Yah well.  One might also argue that the relevant port install procedure 
could spit
out a message about which scripts or configs the administrator ought to 
have an eye
on...  this falls into the port's maintainer's domain, though.  Although 
I'm still convinced
that the system scripts should be rather spartanic than over-featured.

--mkb



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