Re: Why sendmail?

2006-09-02 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2006-09-02 13:25, Gerard Seibert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Saturday 02 September 2006 11:31, Atom Powers wrote: >[...] >> By making the Postfix port /not/ disable Sendmail it gives you the >> ability to, more easily, run Sendmail *and* Postfix on the same >> machine. ie it doesn't break you

Re: Why sendmail?

2006-09-02 Thread Gerard Seibert
On Saturday 02 September 2006 11:31, Atom Powers wrote: [...] > By making the Postfix port /not/ disable Sendmail it gives you the > ability to, more easily, run Sendmail *and* Postfix on the same > machine. ie it doesn't break your current configuation. Why would I want Sendmail running in conj

Re: Why sendmail?

2006-09-02 Thread Atom Powers
On 9/1/06, Gerard Seibert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I agree for the most part. There is an option to install another MTA when installing FBSD. However, it might be nice if there were instructions on how to accomplish the following. 1) Totally shut down Sendmail How about the handbook? http://

Re: Why sendmail?

2006-09-01 Thread Gabriel O'Brien
Gerard Seibert wrote: I agree for the most part. There is an option to install another MTA when installing FBSD. However, it might be nice if there were instructions on how to accomplish the following. I agree with you, logically I would say that perhaps this should go in the Postfix/exim/(

Re: Why sendmail?

2006-09-01 Thread Gerard Seibert
Gabriel O'Brien wrote: > Indeed. While I do sometimes question the sense of defaulting to > sendmail due to its baggage, it's so trivial to change the MTA that it's > largely a non-issue. In the interest of being close to a "reference > implementation" of BSD it does make some sense as a defa

Re: Why sendmail?

2006-09-01 Thread Gabriel O'Brien
Erik Trulsson wrote: For those people who prefer to use some other MTA it is not difficult to install one from ports and use it instead of Sendmail. Indeed. While I do sometimes question the sense of defaulting to sendmail due to its baggage, it's so trivial to change the MTA that it's lar

Re: Why sendmail?

2006-09-01 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Fri, Sep 01, 2006 at 01:54:24PM +0200, Martin Möller wrote: > Does anybody know, why the FreeBSD developers decided to use sendmail as > the standard MTA? Has there been a discussion about it and where could I > find information about it? Historical reasons mainly. Sendmail was originally deve

Re: Why sendmail?

2006-09-01 Thread Björn König
Martin Möller schrieb: Does anybody know, why the FreeBSD developers decided to use sendmail as the standard MTA? Has there been a discussion about it and where could I find information about it? It's strong, flexible, its licence is suitable... Why do you ask? Björn __

Why sendmail?

2006-09-01 Thread Martin Möller
Does anybody know, why the FreeBSD developers decided to use sendmail as the standard MTA? Has there been a discussion about it and where could I find information about it? -- Martin Möller Using FreeBSD RELENG_6 for amd/64 ___ freebsd-questions@freebs