Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 16:37:21 -0400 From: "Tamir Halperin" <tamir@brobus.net> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: zero sendmail Message-ID: <985DF46E87E0C047A3670048DBCAD055086903@andrew.brobus.net>
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There are many conversations about how to deal with sendmail in freebsd. = I would love a definitive answer to how sendmail can be entirely removed = from the system. Even not electing it as part of the system during = configuration and installation still causes it to show up and, if I'm = not mistaken, show up configured and running. The scenario I'm looking = for is a set of steps to actually "remove" it from the system once the = system is finally installed and configured. There have also been some conversations about sendmail being UNIX's = default MTA and other MTA's being configured around sendmail's = configuration and commands for running it. As someone new to UNIX, this = sounds like an issue that should probably be addressed IMHO. I'm not = complaining about this but it does seem to sound as though FreeBSD and = other Unices are almost prefering sendmail over others. Is it the case = that UNIX doesn't run properly without an installed and configured MTA? = Again, I'm asking because I don't know. My suggestion would be that FreeBSD have a standards-based facility for = handling MTA functionality that an installer can configure or elect not = to configure at the time of installation. Often times, a decision about = which MTA to use requires quite a bit more deliberation than can be = demanded of the OS installation procedure. The choice should be given to = delay until such time as the deliberating parties can attend to the = decisioning process. What say you? Tamir --- Valeris: "Why keep it in your quarters?" Spock: "It is a reminder to me that all things end." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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