Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2022 10:35:09 +1030 From: Darrin Smith <beldin@worldsmith.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dragonfly Mail Agent (dma) in the base system Message-ID: <20220128103509.6c442fdd@darrin.worldsmith.org> In-Reply-To: <CAPyFy2Cu-TJk5zkJ5qGgJa62b7BVE__Hv2huM-f-ALzxo9AiQw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAPyFy2Cu-TJk5zkJ5qGgJa62b7BVE__Hv2huM-f-ALzxo9AiQw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 27 Jan 2022 16:34:10 -0500 Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> wrote: > The Dragonfly Mail Agent (dma) is a small Mail Transport Agent (MTA) > which accepts mail from a local Mail User Agent (MUA) and delivers it > locally or to a smarthost for delivery. dma does not accept inbound > mail (i.e., it does not listen on port 25) and is not intended to > provide the same functionality as a full MTA like postfix or sendmail. > It is intended for use cases such as delivering cron(8) mail. > > Since 2014 we have a copy of dma in the base system available as an > optional component, enabled via the WITH_DMAGENT src.conf knob. > > I am interested in determining whether dma is a viable minimal base > system MTA, and if not what gaps remain. If you have enabled DMA on > your systems (or are willing to give it a try) and have any feedback > or are aware of issues please follow up or submit a PR as appropriate. > Another user here who uses it on every machine except my mail server, have been for years and it does the incidental mail handling reliably. -- =b
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