From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 29 22:21:09 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 095D2106568B for ; Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:21:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: from ey-out-2122.google.com (ey-out-2122.google.com [74.125.78.24]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8782B8FC16 for ; Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:21:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ey-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id d26so120434eyd.3 for ; Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:21:07 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:subject :message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=VX1xXgKg49a1ns3KEAwZeaH8nK0iOGXdB929F4KBWjw=; b=VU4JI+tH4KJN1x/x+wAhXHNnj44havdNNkOPJY2wOJz9GoUtmGtj29QqTz9swSWxRy /ScjFQcAAaeuLcObObL7umjZISAm+RUDwnjgdCkqUwUncNFg4SoDwuliHwSpYVVd7CRX qlap1QVLHvkH6Q775pmWNI43yrExEliCTugrw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Hjeglf/ijfNUP2iBUulz2hWniX30J2BwXnVehbTPb7px0dukK26QiJQqUqg/4r8QiA 35vRuuo85NbRvwa7+6QLFeOxZkgP7/29vMy4jMsFglv56s9KreSL5WiKHo+bJoYM6sEP LtH8Tw4zJU3JDozIRi1iN2blJidPcXpwfcLg4= Received: by 10.211.158.7 with SMTP id k7mr785257ebo.71.1256854867473; Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:21:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com (bb-87-81-140-128.ukonline.co.uk [87.81.140.128]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 28sm7072227eyg.30.2009.10.29.15.21.06 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:21:06 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:21:04 +0000 From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.2 (GTK+ 2.16.6; i386-portbld-freebsd7.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Why is sendmail is part of the system and not a package? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:21:09 -0000 On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:39:49 +0200 Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:34:35 +0000, RW > wrote: > > On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:08:24 +0200 > > Giorgos Keramidas 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.