Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 12:48:22 +0100 From: Gabriel Dragffy <gabe@dragffy.com> To: infofarmer@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why is sendmail in the core of FreeBSD? Message-ID: <38B8D408-7E5B-49D5-A93D-5B8413950511@dragffy.com> In-Reply-To: <20070922113408.GB84164@amilo.cenkes.org> References: <6CBE22B2-206F-4695-889F-5630E6B9399C@dragffy.com> <20070922113408.GB84164@amilo.cenkes.org>
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On 22 Sep 2007, at 12:34, Andrew Pantyukhin wrote: > On Sat, Sep 22, 2007 at 11:55:51AM +0100, Gabriel Dragffy wrote: >> Just been wondering about this. If you do a standard install of >> FreeBSD it >> includes things such as a basic FTP daemon, all the various >> utilities such >> as df, ls, etc. SSHD etc. I assum these are all in FreeBSDs core, as >> developed in the same CVS repo. Having read the mails on this list >> for >> several weeks it seems obvious that most people regard Postfix or >> EXIM to >> be the best MTAs, so I'm wondering why is sendmail the MTA that is >> integral >> to FreeBSD? Wouldn't it be ace to have the default one be Postfix or >> something? > > At the time sendmail was integrased into FreeBSD other MTA's were > pretty much out of the question. Ever since then, the integration > has been very well-maintained (thanks to gshapiro) and changing > the default MTA to something else is simply not worth the pain > that comes with it. > > Personally I use Postfix wherever I need an MTA, it only takes a > few minutes to install it from ports. The benefit of ports is you > can configure all the options you need. We can't keep mysql > client and dovecot sasl in the base system, most people would > have to reinstall Postfix from ports even if it was the default > MTA in our base. I see, thank you for the heads-up. It is interesting. Personally I try to use the software that comes with the OS where possible. Especially in the case of FreeBSD, as I find the core software is rock solid and I love that. I think I'll learn how to configure sendmail and try sticking with it. At least it is documented somewhat in the handbook. Many thanks to all Regards gabriel
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