From owner-freebsd-current Fri Jan 1 06:41:29 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA18095 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 1 Jan 1999 06:41:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from esmeralda.xaa.iae.nl (esmeralda.xaa.iae.nl [194.151.75.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA18090 for ; Fri, 1 Jan 1999 06:41:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd@xaa.iae.nl) Received: from ariel.xaa.iae.nl (ariel.xaa.iae.nl [194.151.75.10]) by esmeralda.xaa.iae.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC3275D; Fri, 1 Jan 1999 15:40:59 +0100 (MET) Received: by ariel.xaa.iae.nl (Postfix, from userid 1008) id 709783EC8; Fri, 1 Jan 1999 15:40:59 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 15:40:59 +0100 From: Mark Huizer To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Postfix is coming. new uid, gid required. Message-ID: <19990101154059.A4540@ariel.xaa.iae.nl> References: <199812311330.FAA29862@hub.freebsd.org> <24650.915112822@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95i In-Reply-To: <24650.915112822@axl.noc.iafrica.com>; from Sheldon Hearn on Thu, Dec 31, 1998 at 04:00:22PM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > well....that's a sticky question, we quickly get into the realm of > > opinion > > You're right, and I have no wish to pour fuel on menacing embers. > However, I would like to suggest that it might be more appropriate as a > port until FreeBSD starts shipping _without_ sendmail. It seems silly to > have both in the src tree. > > If this comment does not generate a "Wow, he's absolutely right", I > beseech fellow list members to leave it alone altogether. It's only an > opinion and doesn't require discussion if it isn't massively supported > by people who count. :-) > Having both is a bit overdone, I agree. But we need some mail support since few packages (daily, cron, etc) seem to definitely want to use it for reporting. A risky suggestion might be to make postfix the only one in there. Why? It's probably a lot easier to configure for starting or small users, since editing the postfix configs is easier than editing sendmail configs. And it's a small fast tool for that kind of stuff, I think. I wonder what hell would break lose if we 'demoted' sendmail to the portstree though. Mark -- Nice testing in little China... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message