Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 10:54:56 +0000 From: Joe Holden <lists@rewt.org.uk> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Import of DragonFly Mail Agent Message-ID: <530B2500.5030608@rewt.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20140224100036.GA1699@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> References: <20140223211155.GS1699@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <CAFY7cWBh0ThajQpK4wZYj0wPrhTL608wtNDQNvOLnryjp4_jCg@mail.gmail.com> <530B13CA.6000005@rewt.org.uk> <33612.1393235765@critter.freebsd.dk> <20140224100036.GA1699@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net>
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On 24/02/2014 10:00, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 09:56:05AM +0000, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>> In message <530B13CA.6000005@rewt.org.uk>, Joe Holden writes:
>>> On 24/02/2014 04:26, Julio Merino wrote:
>>>> On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 4:11 PM, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org>wrote:
>>
>>>>> As some of you may have noticed, I have imorted a couple of days ago dma
>>>>> (DragonFly Mail Agent) in base. I have been asked to explain my motivation
>>>>> so here they are.
>>
>>>> I'd argue, for example, that postfix can be also easily configured and can
>>>> be made to not listen on port 25 for local mail delivery, while at the same
>>>> time it is a fully-functional MTA that could replace sendmail altogether.
>>
>>> The trend towards having sensible lightweight things in the base is a
>>> good thing IMO.
>>
>> Fully agree.
>>
>> To the extent we can manage it, we should have minimal client-focused
>> tools for things like DNS, SMTP and NTP in the tree and make it
>> trivial for people to install the fully featured server version of
>> their choice from ports.
>
> That's is what I'm doing with dma :)
>
> you want a full featured smtp server:
> pkg install ${FAVORITESMTP:-opensmtpd}
>
> regards,
> Bapt
>
Can I also suggest that ntp.org shouldn't be in the base either? :P
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