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Date:      Mon, 25 Mar 2002 14:33:47 -0800
From:      Gregory Neil Shapiro <gshapiro@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        thomas@cuivre.fr.eu.org
Cc:        Craig Boston <craig@meoqu.gank.org>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: HEADS UP: Expect buildworld instability (sendmail 8.12.2 MFC)
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>> sendmail_outbound_enable is specifically in place if sendmail_enable is
>> set to NO (as is sendmail_submit_enable).  Ignoring the others if
>> sendmail_enable was set to NO would break the reason for their very
>> existance.

thomas> OK, but then the sendmail_enable variable is misnamed, and should
thomas> be renamed to something like sendmail_inbound_enable. It is really
thomas> confusing to see Sendmail starting when the administrator has taken
thomas> explicit steps to disable it.

Yes, the naming is unfortunate.  But I wonder if it's been around too long
to change now.

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