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Date:      Tue, 7 Jan 2003 00:43:30 -0500
From:      "Adam Maas" <mykroft@explosive.mail.net>
To:        "Mark" <admin@asarian-host.net>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Postfix vs. Sendmail
Message-ID:  <02b001c2b60f$b5625400$7419cdcd@ticking>
References:  <000001c2b5e6$8567c0b0$6a32a8c0@dpg> <44znqd1vtk.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <200301070537.H075BTJ01964@asarian-host.net>

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Definitely keep them included, but not so closely tied to the core
installation. Perhaps take a page from Slackware, which includes them by
default, even on a minimal install, but you can manually deselect them if
you don't wish sendmail (or bind, etc).

--Adam

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark" <admin@asarian-host.net>
To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 12:37 AM
Subject: Re: Postfix vs. Sendmail


> Not to miss out on the party either, but I'd like it on record that there
> are also people, like me, who like things like sendmail and Perl, etc,
> included in the FreeBSD distribution. :) I had to install these packages
> anyway, and found it very useful to see them already included.
>
> I recompiled sendmail, a bit later, as I wanted SASL support; but still,
> having the full source already present (which you know is certified to
> compile properly, as it came with the distribution), was a big help.
>
> As far as I'm concerned, include as much as you can. :)
>
> - Mark
>
>         System Administrator Asarian-host.org
>
> ---
> "If you were supposed to understand it,
> we wouldn't call it code." - FedEx
>
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