Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 00:43:30 -0500 From: "Adam Maas" <mykroft@explosive.mail.net> To: "Mark" <admin@asarian-host.net>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Postfix vs. Sendmail Message-ID: <02b001c2b60f$b5625400$7419cdcd@ticking> References: <000001c2b5e6$8567c0b0$6a32a8c0@dpg> <44znqd1vtk.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <200301070537.H075BTJ01964@asarian-host.net>
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Definitely keep them included, but not so closely tied to the core installation. Perhaps take a page from Slackware, which includes them by default, even on a minimal install, but you can manually deselect them if you don't wish sendmail (or bind, etc). --Adam ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark" <admin@asarian-host.net> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 12:37 AM Subject: Re: Postfix vs. Sendmail > Not to miss out on the party either, but I'd like it on record that there > are also people, like me, who like things like sendmail and Perl, etc, > included in the FreeBSD distribution. :) I had to install these packages > anyway, and found it very useful to see them already included. > > I recompiled sendmail, a bit later, as I wanted SASL support; but still, > having the full source already present (which you know is certified to > compile properly, as it came with the distribution), was a big help. > > As far as I'm concerned, include as much as you can. :) > > - Mark > > System Administrator Asarian-host.org > > --- > "If you were supposed to understand it, > we wouldn't call it code." - FedEx > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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