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Date:      Mon, 05 Dec 2022 19:08:28 +0100
From:      rainer@ultra-secure.de
To:        Chris <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Why was Sendmail replaced with DMA?
Message-ID:  <01994b0a101b6b2003c8404c29316467@ultra-secure.de>
In-Reply-To: <8abdbf2771e76dbdd35f49e76b8f7cf9@bsdforge.com>
References:  <8abdbf2771e76dbdd35f49e76b8f7cf9@bsdforge.com>

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Am 2022-12-05 18:37, schrieb Chris:
> I just noticed that FreeBSD will now install dma(8) instead of
> sendmail(8) as the default mailer. Why is this so?
> 
> Thank you
> 
> --chris


I think the problem was that the original developers of sendmail have 
mostly disappeared.
More or less.

It looked like abandonware.

I'm sorry for the people who still use and love it - but the first thing 
we do is install postfix and set a relayhost...


Rainer



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