From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 22 11:48:36 2007 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 CCBB316A41B for ; Sat, 22 Sep 2007 11:48:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gabe@dragffy.com) Received: from dedi10.ukhost4u.com (dedi10.ukhost4u.com [85.13.239.35]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6831413C455 for ; Sat, 22 Sep 2007 11:48:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gabe@dragffy.com) Received: from [88.105.44.36] (helo=[192.168.1.66]) by dedi10.ukhost4u.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1IZ3TK-0006cX-0i; Sat, 22 Sep 2007 12:48:30 +0100 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) In-Reply-To: <20070922113408.GB84164@amilo.cenkes.org> References: <6CBE22B2-206F-4695-889F-5630E6B9399C@dragffy.com> <20070922113408.GB84164@amilo.cenkes.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <38B8D408-7E5B-49D5-A93D-5B8413950511@dragffy.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Gabriel Dragffy Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 12:48:22 +0100 To: infofarmer@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - dedi10.ukhost4u.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - dragffy.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: Subject: Re: Why is sendmail in the core of FreeBSD? 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: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 11:48:36 -0000 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