From owner-freebsd-current Fri Jan 1 14:17:54 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA01529 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 1 Jan 1999 14:17:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.volant.org (phoenix.volant.org [205.179.79.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA01512; Fri, 1 Jan 1999 14:17:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from patl@phoenix.volant.org) From: patl@phoenix.volant.org Received: from asimov.phoenix.volant.org ([205.179.79.65]) by phoenix.volant.org with smtp (Exim 1.92 #8) id 0zwCsr-00004N-00; Fri, 1 Jan 1999 14:17:29 -0800 Received: from localhost by asimov.phoenix.volant.org (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id OAA16242; Fri, 1 Jan 1999 14:17:26 -0800 Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 14:17:26 -0800 (PST) Reply-To: patl@phoenix.volant.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Postfix is coming... Alternate plan To: Nik Clayton cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, test@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <19981230205931.D6797@catkin.nothing-going-on.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > On Wed, Dec 30, 1998 at 03:57:08AM -0800, Jonathan M. Bresler wrote: > > Starting later today, I will import Postfix (aka VMailer > > aka SecureMailer from IBM) into the tree under /usr/src/contrib. > > Postfix was written by Wietse Venema (tcp_wrappers, satan, etc). > > Probably a stupid question, but why not pull Sendmail *out* of the tree, > and then create a Sendmail and a PostFix port instead? Hear, hear! That sounds like a -much- better solution. Then the installation could be modified to allow the installer the choice of no MTA, Sendmail, Postfix, Exim, QMail, or any other mailer included in the ports distribuition. This makes it easier to add new choices; still serves to de-emphasize Sendmail; and makes it trivial to change the default choice at some point in the future with minimal impact on the installed user base. -Pat To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message