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(Re: sendmail) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <20190630092535.7913d305.freebsd@edvax.de> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21.9999 (BSF 287 2018-06-16) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: C2374809F9 X-Spamd-Bar: ----- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=SlvmEbPZ; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of hruodr@gmail.com designates 2a00:1450:4864:20::334 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=hruodr@gmail.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-5.84 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2a00:1450:4000::/36]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[gmail.com:+]; CTYPE_MIXED_BOGUS(1.00)[]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[gmail.com,none]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[cached: alt3.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.99)[-0.989,0]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; IP_SCORE(-2.84)[ip: (-9.21), ipnet: 2a00:1450::/32(-2.61), asn: 15169(-2.34), country: US(-0.06)]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2a00:1450::/32, country:US]; SUBJECT_HAS_QUESTION(0.00)[]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[gmail.com.dwl.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[gmail.com:s=20161025]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[multipart/mixed,text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[4.3.3.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.2.0.0.4.6.8.4.0.5.4.1.0.0.a.2.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.29 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2019 14:30:49 -0000 On Mon, 1 Jul 2019, Peter Boosten wrote: > The thing with a single executable is that it runs as root, while with > postfix most services run as ‘postfix’. I see, Thanks. MeTA1, fork of sendmail X, is perhaps an improvement. I also did not test OpenSMTP. Interesting is, what one reads in the man page of MeTA1: --------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.meta1.org/compare.html [...] How to choose an MTA? It depends... Most people do not (actively) choose an MTA, but they simply use what comes with their OS (which may explain why sendmail was so popular). Those who actively choose an MTA do it usually based on personal preferences instead of objective criteria. This may be as strange as I don't like the author/community of xyz or as simple as I prefer this configuration file syntax/style. Other factors (besides those listed above) may include (free/commercial) support and (active) development. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Rod.