Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2022 14:50:50 -0800 From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Dragonfly Mail Agent (dma) in the base system Message-ID: <642d2921-1011-12fe-69b2-b394282341ae@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <CAPyFy2Cu-TJk5zkJ5qGgJa62b7BVE__Hv2huM-f-ALzxo9AiQw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAPyFy2Cu-TJk5zkJ5qGgJa62b7BVE__Hv2huM-f-ALzxo9AiQw@mail.gmail.com>
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On 1/27/22 1:34 PM, Ed Maste wrote: > The Dragonfly Mail Agent (dma) is a small Mail Transport Agent (MTA) > which accepts mail from a local Mail User Agent (MUA) and delivers it > locally or to a smarthost for delivery. dma does not accept inbound > mail (i.e., it does not listen on port 25) and is not intended to > provide the same functionality as a full MTA like postfix or sendmail. > It is intended for use cases such as delivering cron(8) mail. > > Since 2014 we have a copy of dma in the base system available as an > optional component, enabled via the WITH_DMAGENT src.conf knob. > > I am interested in determining whether dma is a viable minimal base > system MTA, and if not what gaps remain. If you have enabled DMA on > your systems (or are willing to give it a try) and have any feedback > or are aware of issues please follow up or submit a PR as appropriate. I've used DMA on systems without local mail accounts to forward cron periodic e-mails just fine. It even supports STARTTLS and SMTP AUTH. I haven't tried using it for simple local delivery to /var/mail/root. -- John Baldwin
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