Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:09:55 +0000 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@googlemail.com> To: Lars Eighner <luvbeastie@larseighner.com> Cc: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, Ruben de Groot <mail25@bzerk.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why is sendmail is part of the system and not a package? Message-ID: <b79ecaef0910311109j2a130131wc74042294e9042ab@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20091029145843.Q98757@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> References: <4AE5F897.3000103@rawbw.com> <20091027213134.GA85815@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <200910272046.00289.gnemmi@gmail.com> <20091028021417.GA93608@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> <57d710000910271930u79b618f6m2bae6cf5c3c8fa83@mail.gmail.com> <4AE94914.2090905@locolomo.org> <877hue9o93.fsf@kobe.laptop> <4AE9D708.2010900@locolomo.org> <20091029182739.GA22923@ei.bzerk.org> <20091029145843.Q98757@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz>
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2009/10/29 Lars Eighner <luvbeastie@larseighner.com>: > On Thu, 29 Oct 2009, Ruben de Groot wrote: > >> sendmail is NOT a legacy application. It's actively being developed >> ON FreeBSD. Actually, the maintainer(s) are doing a great job > > Bullshit. > > Why does sendmail call up the internet during boot? =A0If it needs to kno= w who > it is, why can't it look in hosts? =A0Since it cannot be trusted to send = mail, > what does it need to know from the internet? =A0It has been horribly brok= en > for the 15 years or so that I have run FBSD, and this m4 stuff is a pile = of > crap. =A0There is no documentation whatsoever. =A0Unless you buy a book f= rom > O'Reilly and line the pockets of the "maintainer(s)." =A0Why can't it be = a > option to configure the system without it? =A0Not any money in that, is t= here? > What's wrong with 'this m4 stuff'? The documentation can be found in one of many of these links: http://www.google.com/search?q=3Dsendmail.mc Chris --=20 A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in a mailing list?
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