Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 06:48:19 +0200 From: Gerhard Sittig <Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net> To: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sendmail 8.11.0 Message-ID: <20000802064819.W24476@speedy.gsinet> In-Reply-To: <200008012003.e71K3wd41491@fedde.littleton.co.us>; from chris@fedde.littleton.co.us on Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 02:03:57PM -0600 References: <20000801155735.B97403@bizboz.mistral.co.uk> <200008012003.e71K3wd41491@fedde.littleton.co.us>
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On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 14:03 -0600, Chris Fedde wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Aug 2000 15:57:35 +0100 Dominic Mitchell wrote:
>
> > On the contrary - I find it a complete godsend. It makes
> > replacing the standard sendmail with a port/package and
> > absolute breeze. It's far nicer than having each port hack
> > around in /usr/sbin for no good reason.
>
> My point is that there is a perfectly good mechinism in
> existance to allow switching between MTA. The rc.conf
> mechinism works well and is consistant for all other components
> of the system. In this one case we add a layer of indirection
> below rc.conf.
MUAs don't know about rc.conf. :)
> Why not simply use something like
>
> mta_enable="YES"
> mta=/usr/sbin/sendmail
> or
> mta_ena
> mta=/usr/sbin/qmail
>
> and the appropriate frag in /etc/rc to work with this
That's just starting the SMTP daemon. What about sending local /
remote mail using the usual "/usr/sbin/sendmail -oi -t" command
line?
What has been said before: Try to use something different from
sendmail and suddenly you will see what mailwrapper is good for!
Or try to use a different sendmail from what comes with the base
system (like from ports or "self produced and bottled") while
still updating your base.
I would even dare to say NO_MAILWRAPPER(sp?) shouldn't be there
and there should be /etc/mail/mailer.conf only instead of
NO_SENDMAIL, but that's for traditional reasons I guess.
Installing your mailer _anywhere_ and using mailer.conf as the
only resource to tell which one to use would be the easiest and
most flexible solution IMO for _everybody_ -- or did I miss
something? Where is this mechanism still not enough? I can't
think of a situation.
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