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Date:      Tue, 7 Jul 2015 16:15:26 +1000
From:      Dewayne Geraghty <dewayne.geraghty@consciuminternational.com.au>
To:        koobs@FreeBSD.org, Gregory Orange <gregory.orange@calorieking.com>, ohauer@FreeBSD.org, ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: mail/postfix default build options request: SASL
Message-ID:  <559B6E7E.5080906@consciuminternational.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <559B6791.7050407@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <559B643F.3060409@calorieking.com> <559B6791.7050407@FreeBSD.org>

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On 7/07/2015 3:45 PM, Kubilay Kocak wrote:
> On 7/07/2015 3:31 PM, Gregory Orange wrote:
>> Hi Olli and ports@,
>>
>> I don't know if this is a helpful forum to raise it, but I would like to
>> request that SASL be enabled in the default build options for
>> mail/postfix. I am attempting to use binary-only packages wherever
>> possible, and so far this is the first where I currently have to build
>> it myself.
>>
>> I would have thought SASL is in use across many Postfix installations,
>> but of course I could be wrong. I was tempted to try out
>> SMTP-after-IMAP, but since Postfix has the support, I think SASL is far
>> cleaner.
>>
>> Would any responders please include me in the CC? I am not subscribed to
>> the list.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Greg.
>>
> If consensus can't be achieved or there is a good reason not to enable
> this by default, then postfix-sasl as a slave port may be a desirable
> alternative, which I believe has existed in the past.
>
> I'm generally:
>
>  +1 on security related options enabled by default
>  +1 on OPTIONS_DEFAULT matching upstream defaults
>  -1 on OPTIONS_DEFAULT introducing large dependency sets
>
> ./koobs
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I'm with you on that one koobs.  Everything we build includes kerberos
&/or tls or sasl; but it has a complexity/management cost.  A slave port
would be a good short term option pending
flavours/variants/something-with-strong-authentication.  This would
probably help postfix to be comparable to sendmail+tls+sasl2+ldap?




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