Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 17:18:41 -0700 From: Adam Weinberger <adamw@FreeBSD.ORG> To: dslb@tiscali.dk Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Getting some daemons out of the base system Message-ID: <20021027001841.GO80277@vectors.cx> In-Reply-To: <3D9BF56A00005F4C@cpfe1.be.tisc.dk> References: <3D9BF56A00005F4C@cpfe1.be.tisc.dk>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 >> (10.26.2002 @ 1603 PST): dslb@tiscali.dk said, in 0.8K: << > I don't know which maillings list to write, so I'll just write to this one. > Wouldn't it be better to remove ftpd and sendmail from the base system? > People have preferences on that area (FTP and SMTP) and I don't understand > why we need a smtp daemon in the base system, but not a pop3 daemon. Personally > I use ftpd, but I don't like sendmail and would like to install all my daemons > manually (well not all, syslogd it good and there is no good alternativs...I > think). > I am a guy who likes a small kernel and base system, be course I use FreeBSD > as a server. But even for those how use freebsd as a workstation, it would > be nice to get rid of sendmail. > Just an idea, what do you think? >> end of "Getting some daemons out of the base system" from dslb@tiscali.dk << Instead of wondering which mailing list to write to, start by wondering which mailing list you should search. In recent months we have had this discussion multiple times. Take a look at the -questions archives. You'll find more thoughts on this than you can shake a stick at. The essence of those discussions was: they're not going to be removed from the base install, and they're really easy to remove on your own. - -Adam - -- Adam Weinberger adam@vectors.cx adamw@FreeBSD.ORG -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE9uzDho8KM2ULHQ/0RAvF0AKDFg6gOv24U+OjFafuBzTvDXi/xsACfYJnu uyqwoOCBjdXSLK4rpU3yb00= =rPT4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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