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Date:      Mon, 22 Apr 2002 04:04:43 +0300
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To:        "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        Gregory Neil Shapiro <gshapiro@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/etc Makefile src/etc/sendmail Makefile rc.sendmail src/share/man/man8 Makefile
Message-ID:  <20020422010443.GD17192@hades.hell.gr>
In-Reply-To: <20020422085231.N8131@wantadilla.lemis.com>
References:  <200204212032.g3LKWSl56295@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020422085231.N8131@wantadilla.lemis.com>

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On 2002-04-22 08:52, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> On Sunday, 21 April 2002 at 13:32:28 -0700, Gregory Neil Shapiro wrote:
> > Non-sendmail users use the FreeBSD sendmail startup functionality to start
> > alternative MTAs.  Therefore, always install rc.sendmail, regardless of
> > NO_SENDMAIL make.conf setting.  Users can still set mta_start_script to a
> > different script.
>
> Wouldn't this be a good enough reason to rename the file to rc.mail?

Since the base system includes mail(1) too, and Sendmail has been the
standard interface for local submission (so standard that other MTAs
have adopted the same command line for local mail submission), I think
that rc.mail might be more confusing than rc.sendmail.  Having the
ability to call this file anything the administrator likes (for
instance rc.mta or rc.mailserver), by using mta_start_script makes all
this a little less important too, right?

- Giorgos


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