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Date:      Tue, 25 Feb 2014 09:34:00 -0800
From:      Darren Pilgrim <darren@bluerosetech.com>
To:        Daniel Kalchev <daniel@digsys.bg>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Import of DragonFly Mail Agent
Message-ID:  <530CD408.8000208@bluerosetech.com>
In-Reply-To: <530B5DA7.1050902@digsys.bg>
References:  <CAFY7cWBh0ThajQpK4wZYj0wPrhTL608wtNDQNvOLnryjp4_jCg@mail.gmail.com> <20140223211155.GS1699@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <942222.61849.bm@smtp118.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <530B5DA7.1050902@digsys.bg>

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On 2/24/2014 6:56 AM, Daniel Kalchev wrote:
>
> On 24.02.14 13:47, Thomas Mueller wrote:
>> I don't believe BSD users use base system of itself to send and receive email.  They use ports (FreeBSD) or equivalent in other BSDs.
>
> One of the beauties of the BSD 'base system' is that upon installation
> you have an usable workstation/server environment that can be
> immediately used for most Internet-related tasks -- and this most
> certainly includes SMTP. Or NTP. Or... used to include DNS.

Your beautiful base system ready for most Internet-related tasks does 
not have a:

- GUI
- browser
- media player
- email client
- IRC client
- office suite

I'm wondering what you consider "most" internet tasks.  If I want a 
basic internet desktop, I need to install a couple hundred ports to 
achieve that.

If I want a server that follows best practices, I have to install 
openssl from ports, which means I *can't* use the in-base sendmail even 
if I wanted to.



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