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Date:      Thu, 20 Jun 2002 01:57:24 -0700
From:      Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org>
To:        cjclark@alum.mit.edu
Cc:        David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.org>, Gregory Neil Shapiro <gshapiro@FreeBSD.org>, "Jin Guojun[DSD]" <j_guojun@lbl.gov>, FreeBSD-arch@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Adding a dont_use_any_sendmail knob
Message-ID:  <3D1198F4.2FC3EF44@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <3D0FB406.83DE356D@lbl.gov> <20020618155900.O2483-100000@master.gorean.org> <15632.6996.519381.823439@horsey.gshapiro.net> <3D102055.F08DD2AE@FreeBSD.org> <15632.9131.365021.260177@horsey.gshapiro.net> <20020619104912.B41546@dragon.nuxi.com> <20020619115556.D21469@blossom.cjclark.org>

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"Crist J. Clark" wrote:

> I don't think there would be much of an issue if it were only changed
> in -CURRENT (see my last remark), but this change was made to -STABLE
> and just hit its first -RELEASE cycle.

	And now that it's in a release, even more users are confused, and
asking questions about it.

> Those who use alternate MTAs or just have something against
> sendmail(8) got upset because now when they switched 'sendmail_enable'
> to "NO," they _still_ had a sendmail(8) daemon listening. 

	I don't see it that way at all. This is not an "anti-sendmail" thing. I
myself use sendmail, both for outgoing and incoming mail. My point is
simply that users are confused about this current state of events, and
we should do something to make things more clear. 


Doug

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