Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 09:09:32 -0600 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> Cc: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.net>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sendmail X port Message-ID: <20051228150931.GE39217@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <441wzxnvox.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <200512280535.WAA16578@lariat.net> <441wzxnvox.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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In the last episode (Dec 28), Lowell Gilbert said: > Brett Glass <brett@lariat.net> writes: > > I don't see Sendmail X available as a port or package. I'm > > interested in trying this version because it's the first to > > eliminate the horribly cryptic system of m4 macros, "classes", and > > address parsing rules that configured earlier versions. Is there a > > reason why it's not available as a package or port for FreeBSD? > > Well, it's still missing a lot of functionality that you need in a > FreeBSD system (such as the ability to actually deliver or submit > messages), so it's more of a challenge to port properly than one > would think. That's probably why it's still considered alpha > software. > > It builds easily enough, though. And the configuration sure is a lot > simpler (at the expense of some very powerful capabilities that were > very rarely used). So it's not as though there is some reason > somebody is trying to keep it *out* of the ports system. It is in ports, as mail/smx . -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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