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Date:      Sun, 30 Jun 2019 19:51:02 +0200
From:      Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To:        Roderick <hruodr@gmail.com>
Cc:        Albaro Pereyra <2albaropereyra@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: sendmail
Message-ID:  <20190630195102.90e6e481.freebsd@edvax.de>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.21.9999.1906301549270.945@fbsd.local>
References:  <CAL2OhpoSxnK2Uy_OKxqnWyXuqg=tNBm6wy2r1%2BukVWwPnPrj0g@mail.gmail.com> <20190630092535.7913d305.freebsd@edvax.de> <alpine.BSF.2.21.9999.1906301549270.945@fbsd.local>

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On Sun, 30 Jun 2019 15:50:43 +0000 (UTC), Roderick wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 30 Jun 2019, Polytropon wrote:
> 
> > The sendmail version included with FreeBSD ist primarily intended for
> > inter-program communication, log, and local notification. Users who
> > want to run "real mail" systems will probably install Postfix or Exim
> > anyway,
> 
> And why not sendmail? Is it not real mail?

It's a matter of preference. While many admins suggest using Postfix
or Exim, there are still lots of sendmail installations running, so
there is nothing bad per se regarding sendmail; it's probably the
convenience of configuration where sendmail is a bit... different. ;-)



-- 
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...



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