Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 01:04:31 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Brett Glass" <brett@lariat.net>, <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Sendmail X port Message-ID: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNGECIFDAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <200512280535.WAA16578@lariat.net>
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I think the reason is that, according to the documentation located here: http://www.sendmail.org/sm-X/index.html "...but it does not provide any mail content modification capabilities, e.g., masquerading of addresses or changing (addition, removal) of headers. Later versions will probably add such capabilities..." "...sendmail X.0 comes with a policy mail filter library (libpmilter) which offers similar features as libmilter known from sendmail 8, however, without mail content modification capabilities (as mentioned before..." In other words, to use it, a site needs to totally chuck out all existing configuration, all institutional knowledge and experience with the existing sendmail. And in additon we have to push all our e-mail scanners into the local delivery program. Well I don't know about you but we happen to use sendmail plus clamav to prefilter mail that's relayed to icky Exchange servers for some customers, and the mail doesen't even go through the local delivery program. So this release would be basically impossible to use, for us. I don't see that Sendmail X is the successor to Sendmail 8.13 Instead I see it as a parallel product. And why not? Plenty of people with very basic mail needs have been bitching about a simplified Sendmail in the past. It makes sense that Sendmail Inc would try to market to that crowd. If your happy enough with using procmail as the local delivery agent (and I understand most Linux distros do that) and calling various scanners out of the procmail config, then this may work out for you. But I would bet that 90% of the people running FreeBSD mailservers would not find anything compelling about this release. Ted >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Brett Glass >Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 9:36 PM >To: questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Sendmail X port > > >I don't see Sendmail X available as a port or package. I'm >interested in trying >this version because it's the first to eliminate the horribly >cryptic system of >m4 macros, "classes", and address parsing rules that configured >earlier versions. >Is there a reason why it's not available as a package or port >for FreeBSD? > >--Brett Glass >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to >"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.8/215 - Release Date: >12/27/2005 >
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