From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 29 18:34:40 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 655E31065679 for ; Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:34:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: from ey-out-2122.google.com (ey-out-2122.google.com [74.125.78.26]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E59068FC1E for ; Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:34:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ey-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id d26so72208eyd.9 for ; Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:34:38 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:subject :message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=I8RAJabH3wKdSXZLMzQZ5dsbwh14kGL2oX8DlIFrGVQ=; b=tGvzdMhK44QufwSoDNS+ZGLSDxOIEoe2eYWmjaFM28MSKnuUe4e/Ysp+kkbBFEbpIy e0Sd5KIy9Yzb6phPSMEOY8S7HREzNiK3mATCYtzJMP7YbyeowSZFkOb/QvNJ87JOajOt ANeGOReEH6EQybaL9Bk67wnr5v+s9DCj1xVY8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=qsjn/EYvG59JCBDGvgrRhl/7QLAJdVdPrMcZTKkufojYLUIiuicn3kotdY7zVbvd7r Kp0dJZhnIu89PArIimZpb+dnpN1waxAODfjGc1Dwcx7EBGtxnOdw1oL2bZAJAQ8VAsDX gSxtQKc6UmTxPCEhFNqMuitl68oH9W+fBaPxY= Received: by 10.210.6.21 with SMTP id 21mr478053ebf.86.1256841278766; Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:34:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com (bb-87-81-140-128.ukonline.co.uk [87.81.140.128]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 7sm6587924eyg.9.2009.10.29.11.34.36 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:34:37 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:34:35 +0000 From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20091029183435.5d6c3f0f@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <877hue9o93.fsf@kobe.laptop> References: <4AE5F897.3000103@rawbw.com> <200910271703.12828.gnemmi@gmail.com> <20091027213134.GA85815@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <200910272046.00289.gnemmi@gmail.com> <20091028021417.GA93608@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> <57d710000910271930u79b618f6m2bae6cf5c3c8fa83@mail.gmail.com> <4AE94914.2090905@locolomo.org> <877hue9o93.fsf@kobe.laptop> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.2 (GTK+ 2.16.6; i386-portbld-freebsd7.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Why is sendmail is part of the system and not a package? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:34:40 -0000 On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:08:24 +0200 Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > What is nice about Sendmail today is that with minimal changes to a > base FreeBSD installation (the rc.conf(5) variable called > "sendmail_enable" and a SMART_HOST value in sendmail.mc) one can > quickly get up and running with a local-only MTA that: > sendmail_enable exposes sendmail to the world. You don't need to set anything for a local relay. > Having a local MTA, even in a SOHO network may be useful. Instead of > going through the same hoops to configure 4 different email clients, > you can set up the local MTA and tell all your local mailer programs > "send any of your messages to `localhost' and they will be delivered > as usual". It's also potentially a useful interface for spammers and viruses that bypasses remote authentication, in particular if the MTA is misconfigured as an open-relay.