From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Apr 26 19:37:53 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from rock.ghis.net (rock.ghis.net [209.222.164.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDADD37B57B for ; Wed, 26 Apr 2000 19:37:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from will@blackdawn.com) Received: from argon.blackdawn.com (04-128.dial.008.popsite.net [209.69.197.128]) by rock.ghis.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA47200; Wed, 26 Apr 2000 19:37:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: by argon.blackdawn.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 9EF1C1919; Wed, 26 Apr 2000 22:37:13 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 22:37:13 -0400 From: Will Andrews To: "Chad R. Larson" Cc: jim@luna.cdrom.com, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sendmail missing? Message-ID: <20000426223713.C1070@argon.blackdawn.com> References: <20000426175928.C78347@luna.cdrom.com> <200004270138.SAA00612@freeway.dcfinc.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <200004270138.SAA00612@freeway.dcfinc.com>; from chad@DCFinc.com on Wed, Apr 26, 2000 at 06:38:02PM -0700 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Apr 26, 2000 at 06:38:02PM -0700, Chad R. Larson wrote: > Yes, but in the past, you could set NO_SENDMAIL in /etc/make.conf so > it wouldn't be built as part of the base system, and then build and > install one from the ports. That generally got you the > latest-n-greatest version. Or, allowed you to install a down-rev'd > version if needed for compatibility on your network. We've never had sendmail in ports. (00-04-26 22:34:37) [will@shadow ~]% cd /home/ncvs/ports/mail/sendmail cd: no such file or directory: /home/ncvs/ports/mail/sendmail That should be proof enough for you. > But if so, why isn't it? We've got ports for things like Adobe Acrobat, > which only fetch and install a binary. We surely could fetch and build > sendmail from Sendmail.org. I don't know why; nor do I (honestly) care. I just use Postfix. :-) I'm sure that if you pony up the port, someone with the inclination will add it to the ports tree. You could go look up the archives to see whether this sort of thing has been discussed before, and take appropriate action. -- Will Andrews GCS/E/S @d- s+:+>+:- a--->+++ C++ UB++++ P+ L- E--- W+++ !N !o ?K w--- ?O M+ V-- PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP+>+++ t++ 5 X++ R+ tv+ b++>++++ DI+++ D+ G++>+++ e->++++ h! r-->+++ y? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message