From owner-freebsd-current Sun Jan 26 13:34:50 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD91537B401 for ; Sun, 26 Jan 2003 13:34:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (troutmask.apl.washington.edu [128.208.78.105]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 393A343F13 for ; Sun, 26 Jan 2003 13:34:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by troutmask.apl.washington.edu (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h0QLYkXv024498; Sun, 26 Jan 2003 13:34:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: (from sgk@localhost) by troutmask.apl.washington.edu (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h0QLYkXR024497; Sun, 26 Jan 2003 13:34:46 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 13:34:46 -0800 From: Steve Kargl To: Nuno Teixeira Cc: Kris Kennaway , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: popa3d in FreeBSD source tree (like OpenBSD)? Message-ID: <20030126213446.GA24362@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <20030126202649.GC64362@gw.tex.bogus> <20030126210026.GC91726@xor.obsecurity.org> <20030126211936.GD64362@gw.tex.bogus> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030126211936.GD64362@gw.tex.bogus> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 09:19:36PM +0000, Nuno Teixeira wrote: > On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 01:00:27PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 08:26:49PM +0000, Nuno Teixeira wrote: > > > > > > > > > FreeBSD doesn't have a POP3 server in their source tree. popa3d is a > > > good candidate because it's simple and secure. > > > > > > OpenBSD has already included popa3d in their source, so why not include > > > it in FreeBSD? > > > > Because it's already in the ports tree. > > > > Yes I know. The same happens with lukemftpd (e.g.): it's available in > source tree and ports tree. > lukemftpd was intended as a replacement for the current ftpd code. Unfortuantely, time constraint made it too difficult for the committers to complete the transition. Many of us think it is a mistake to have lukemftpd in the source tree in its current incomplete form. FreeBSD's base code isn't a kitchen cink. If you need pop3 install a server from the ports collection. -- Steve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message