Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:21:04 +0000 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why is sendmail is part of the system and not a package? Message-ID: <20091029222104.5d12b844@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <871vkl3mmy.fsf@kobe.laptop> References: <4AE5F897.3000103@rawbw.com> <200910271703.12828.gnemmi@gmail.com> <20091027213134.GA85815@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <200910272046.00289.gnemmi@gmail.com> <20091028021417.GA93608@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> <57d710000910271930u79b618f6m2bae6cf5c3c8fa83@mail.gmail.com> <4AE94914.2090905@locolomo.org> <877hue9o93.fsf@kobe.laptop> <20091029183435.5d6c3f0f@gumby.homeunix.com> <871vkl3mmy.fsf@kobe.laptop>
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On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:39:49 +0200 Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> wrote: > On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:34:35 +0000, RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> > wrote: > > On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:08:24 +0200 > > Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> wrote: > >> What is nice about Sendmail today is that with minimal changes to a > >> base FreeBSD installation (the rc.conf(5) variable called > >> "sendmail_enable" and a SMART_HOST value in sendmail.mc) one can > >> quickly get up and running with a local-only MTA that: > > > > sendmail_enable exposes sendmail to the world. You don't need > > to set anything for a local relay. > > I should have been more clear: I meant sendmail_enable="NO" (instead > of "NONE"). This does not open Sendmail to anyone: sendmail_enable="NO" is the default.
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