From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Oct 27 1:17: 3 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8447C37B401 for ; Sun, 27 Oct 2002 01:17:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp030.tiscali.dk (smtp030.tiscali.dk [212.54.64.105]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84C6143E42 for ; Sun, 27 Oct 2002 01:17:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dslb@tiscali.dk) Received: from cpmail.dk.tiscali.com (mail.tiscali.dk [212.54.64.159]) by smtp030.tiscali.dk (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g9R9Glp5019252; Sun, 27 Oct 2002 10:16:58 +0100 (MET) Received: from [213.237.112.252] by cpmail.dk.tiscali.com with HTTP; Sun, 27 Oct 2002 10:16:56 +0100 Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2002 10:16:56 +0100 Message-ID: <3D9BF56A00005F7F@cpfe1.be.tisc.dk> In-Reply-To: <1035675953.3dbb293141b3d@imp.hq.dyns.cx> From: dslb@tiscali.dk Subject: Re: Getting some daemons out of the base system To: "Michael Joyner" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >-- Original Message -- >Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 19:45:53 -0400 >From: Michael Joyner >> Well as long as I can chose NOT to install sendmail, I'll be happy. Bu= t >> I don't see the difference between having sendmail removed and having to >> select it. We select all the ports we want, why not just make sendmail= >> another >> port (like qmail)? > >Because people like me DEPEND on certain options as part of the base sys= tem. >Sendmail is just one of those many options. > >Besides which, asking to have sendmail removed is asking to much. (IMHO)= >Whereas having an option to not have installed as part of the base syste= m >seems more digestable. :) Well if sendmail is in the base system it will be installed by ALL. Some don't even need a smtpd and other like me use another smtpd. But again, if it just could be an option when installing I'll be happy! br socketd To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message