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Date:      Sun, 3 Sep 2006 02:10:14 +0300
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To:        Gerard Seibert <gerard@seibercom.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Why sendmail?
Message-ID:  <20060902231014.GA9239@gothmog.pc>
In-Reply-To: <200609021325.58177.gerard@seibercom.net>
References:  <20060901125631.GA92179@owl.midgard.homeip.net> <20060901115919.6B6F.GERARD@seibercom.net> <df9ac37c0609020831u317633f8kea66ff44bf58e523@mail.gmail.com> <200609021325.58177.gerard@seibercom.net>

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On 2006-09-02 13:25, Gerard Seibert <gerard@seibercom.net> wrote:
>On Saturday 02 September 2006 11:31, Atom Powers wrote:
>[...]
>> By making the Postfix port /not/ disable Sendmail it gives you the
>> ability to, more easily, run Sendmail *and* Postfix on the same
>> machine. ie it doesn't break your current configuation.
> 
> Why would I want Sendmail running in conjunction with a
> properly functioning Postfix installation? I can only imagine
> problems resulting from such a venture.

Testing, during a transition period?

Multiple MTA's serving two different sides of a network?

I'm not saying that this would be a terribly good idea for a
long-term setup, but there are cases where one may find it
slightly useful.




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