From owner-freebsd-current Sun Apr 9 13:58:46 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from modemcable127.61-201-24.mtl.mc.videotron.net (modemcable127.61-201-24.mtl.mc.videotron.net [24.201.61.127]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5D40137B7D8 for ; Sun, 9 Apr 2000 13:57:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from patrick@mindstep.com) Received: (qmail 17586 invoked from network); 9 Apr 2000 20:57:20 -0000 Received: from patrak.local.mindstep.com (HELO PATRAK) (192.168.10.4) by jacuzzi.local.mindstep.com with SMTP; 9 Apr 2000 20:57:20 -0000 Message-ID: <146f01bfa266$11d5c750$040aa8c0@local.mindstep.com> From: "Patrick Bihan-Faou" To: "Jon Parise" Cc: References: <143f01bfa253$a130abd0$040aa8c0@local.mindstep.com> <20000409150216.A24493@csh.rit.edu> Subject: Re: Integrating QMAIL in the world Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2000 16:56:25 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG From: "Jon Parise" > On Sun, Apr 09, 2000 at 02:44:25PM -0400, Patrick Bihan-Faou wrote: > > > I have integrated the source of qmail so it can be built as part > > of the "world". I think that it would be nice to have an > > alternative for the mailer package to be built as part of a make > > world. > > I don't recall the particulars (it's been a while since I've > managed a qmail installation), but aren't there issues with qmail's > distribution license that would make integrating it into the build > tree illegal? I will contact DJB and find out if this is OK with him. After reading his "license" page, I come to the conclusion that it is a matter of obtaining is approval. He wants to ensure that qmail IS qmail no matter how and where it is installed. > As a side note, I don't think it's all that good of an idea to add > another MTA to the build tree, but I'm sure others will raise a > more substantial argument than I could. Well, qmail is a fairly popular alternative to sendmail. It is supposedly more secure, and definitely easier to configure. I use it exclusively and it would be a lot nicer for me to have it included in the base distribution of FreeBSD. I am sure that other people feel the same. My intent is NOT to start a flame war on MTA's. If nobody is interested and/or the FreeBSD team does not want it, then it will not be included in the tree. It's that simple. I remember some while ago some threads going wild on the subject of MTA. The only reason why I am posting this is that I did the work for some other project I am involved in, and if it can help others, then I'd rather share it. Patrick. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message