Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:49:25 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Lars Eighner <luvbeastie@larseighner.com> Cc: pete wright <nomadlogic@gmail.com>, Jonathan McKeown <j.mckeown@ru.ac.za>, utisoft@gmail.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why is sendmail is part of the system and not a package? Message-ID: <87d448wamy.fsf@kobe.laptop> In-Reply-To: <20091027202430.X92294@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> (Lars Eighner's message of "Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:24:38 -0500 (CDT)") References: <4AE5F897.3000103@rawbw.com> <200910270916.31033.j.mckeown@ru.ac.za> <20091027021723.M88213@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> <b79ecaef0910270216q14421922w4acf62103322c16a@mail.gmail.com> <20091027142502.Q91143@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> <b79ecaef0910271341y1aea61a6pd7bcd6c96855da64@mail.gmail.com> <20091027191626.T92033@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> <57d710000910271741p7429d4feh150ecbe6cddd3d2e@mail.gmail.com> <20091027202430.X92294@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz>
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On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:24:38 -0500 (CDT), Lars Eighner <luvbeastie@larseighner.com> wrote: > Evidently by making it necessary to learn yet another scripting > language to configure it. Other than personal profit I cannot see why > people are clinging like grim death to something this fubar. Really, > let's go past this one more time: > > "Sure, sendmail.cf is hard to work with so the solution is you learn m4!" > > Did you look at the link he offered? How helpful is that? > > Beside which, m4 is a PORT. So if sendmail is not configurable > without a port, why isn't it a port? Can we go back to our regular hacking, please? m4 is not a port: $ which m4 /usr/bin/m4 and the thread is quickly spiraling down to the level of personal attacks. I use both Postfix and Sendmail. I'd probably prefer Postfix in the base system, but the only way this can happen is to sit down and actually _do_ the work it takes. Any takers are more than welcome...
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