From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 22 19:28:00 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 C223D16A421 for ; Sat, 22 Sep 2007 19:28:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from igloo.linux.gr (igloo.linux.gr [62.1.205.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2918213C4A6 for ; Sat, 22 Sep 2007 19:27:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from kobe.laptop (dialup234.ach.sch.gr [81.186.70.234]) (authenticated bits=128) by igloo.linux.gr (8.14.1/8.14.1/Debian-9) with ESMTP id l8MJRbMT030492 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sat, 22 Sep 2007 22:27:48 +0300 Received: from kobe.laptop (kobe.laptop [127.0.0.1]) by kobe.laptop (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l8MJRaXm003175; Sat, 22 Sep 2007 22:27:37 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from keramida@localhost) by kobe.laptop (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id l8MJRaQG003174; Sat, 22 Sep 2007 22:27:36 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 22:27:36 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Wojciech Puchar Message-ID: <20070922192735.GB2826@kobe.laptop> References: <6CBE22B2-206F-4695-889F-5630E6B9399C@dragffy.com> <20070922121836.GA992@olymp.home> <20070922145126.B24250@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070922145126.B24250@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> X-Hellug-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Hellug-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-3.893, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, AWL 0.51, BAYES_00 -2.60) X-Hellug-MailScanner-From: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr X-Spam-Status: No Cc: Oliver Herold , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 19:28:00 -0000 On 2007-09-22 14:52, Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> 'most people' is a vague term, >> >> http://www.securityspace.com/s_survey/data/man.200708/mxsurvey.html >> >> if you have a look at this survey, sendmail rules it. So 'most' >> depends on the context and a mailinglist isn't of much significance >> in my opionion. > > so we could say "sendmail users rarely posts problems/questions to > freebsd list" That's because there's no such thing as a "newbie Sendmail user". Nobody stays a newbie long enough if they configure Sendmail properly :grin: :duck: :run: