Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 08:42:36 +0000 From: David Chisnall <theraven@FreeBSD.org> To: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org> Cc: Julio Merino <jmmv@freebsd.org>, "current@freebsd.org Current" <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Import of DragonFly Mail Agent Message-ID: <1C9C5D61-493D-419D-9FCC-FFA1C10B3748@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20140224083502.GY1699@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> References: <20140223211155.GS1699@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <CAFY7cWBh0ThajQpK4wZYj0wPrhTL608wtNDQNvOLnryjp4_jCg@mail.gmail.com> <20140224073418.GX1699@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <DC50F5AD-995D-4F8A-9EBD-4E6867282992@FreeBSD.org> <20140224083502.GY1699@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net>
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On 24 Feb 2014, at 08:35, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org> wrote: > dma can exactly do that :) while being smaller than opensmtpd (which = is very > very nice as well, this is the one I use when I need a full smtp setup = :)) Sounds excellent then. We definitely should be moving to a world where = all of the base system services are compartmentalised with capsicum and = given the attack surface and complex security requirements of an MTA, it = sounds like it would be an excellent idea. If you're willing to do the = work then that's excellent (and makes you the de-facto winner of any = resulting bikeshed)! It would be good to have it merged to 10 for 10.2 so that people can = play with it early. If we decide to switch for 11, then it would also = be a good idea to teach the upgrade process how to recognise non-default = sendmail configurations (or, at least, ask the question), move them to = /usr/local, and install a sendmail port, so that people who want to be = using it will keep doing so. I'm only using sendmail because I learned = just enough of the config file syntax to do what I wanted 10 or so years = ago and then I had a working config and never overcame the inertia = required to switch - a clean and modern replacement in base would give = me the right incentive! David
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