Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 13:39:00 +0200 From: Eirik Oeverby <ltning@anduin.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mail selection options in sysinstall(8). Message-ID: <20030919133900.451a3f5d.ltning@anduin.net> In-Reply-To: <20030918221319.GD1558@FreeBSD.org> References: <20030918152942.5c7163df.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> <20030918234442.51921f77.sheepkiller@cultdeadsheep.org> <20030918221319.GD1558@FreeBSD.org>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hey, On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 00:13:20 +0200 "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > On 2003.09.18 23:44:42 +0200, Clement Laforet wrote: > > On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 15:29:42 -0400 > > Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > > > Hi Tom ! > > > > > This is just a quick note that the MTA installation options in > > > sysinstall(8) has changed. Users now have the option of choosing > > > between Sendmail, Postfix, and Exim. > > > > > > Due to legal issues, qmail was not added to the selection. Sorry. > > > > Do you think it could be a good idea to add "simple" SMTP systems > > like ssmtp or any local delivery /usr/sbin/sendmail clone ? Most of > > system act as standalone machine or satellite one (i.e. machine uses > > a smtp server on the LAN), and using a full features MTA is, for me, > > a little bit useless. > > Sounds like a good idea. Postfix and Exim were mainly chosen because > we knew them, but the code was written with the intention to support > more MTA's. Great. The obvious choice would be qmail. Not sure if that one integrates/replaces sendmail cleanly though. > To add an extra MTA to sysinstall requires that there is a package > available, and we need to know if there is any extra steps are needed > to make it "just work" out of the box. If you can supply this > information I can rather quickly make a patch to add another MTA to > sysinstall. - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/auqndAvR8ct7fEcRApk3AJ9YQ+vtI8YxRn9DzPFfBzoIL29wMQCfXJMh Eq/deB+L+kyHc/G/qlOafFY= =SDB7 - -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/aurUdAvR8ct7fEcRAhi4AJ9JAL/GWqsafX+B5WcHRFjZ/XZonwCdEzho Dpm242QRxXAbavu5oNhTgPA= =ZqfH -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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