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On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 08:21:14AM +0000, Edward O'Callaghan (via DragonFly issue tracker) wrote:

New submission from Edward O'Callaghan <eocallaghan@auroraux.org>:

Many have changed from hard to configure and buggy Sendmail to Postfix including
NetBSD (Since 4.0), GNU/Linux etc..

Perhaps its time we follow suit.
I am sure this is open to all sorts of debate however I thought I would bring it
up to see what others have to say?
Its worth nothing that postfix has a sendmail wrapper.

I disagree. I think our path should be switching to dma, and then
removing sendmail. If someone needs a more features in their MTA, they
can take their pick from pkgsrc.

--Peter

Hi,

It likely makes more sense to remove sendmail from the base and
make dma the default MTA since this should satsify most needs for an MTA,
and leave anyone wanting a more powerful MTA free rein.

On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:21:14 +0000
"Edward O'Callaghan \(via DragonFly issue tracker\)"
<sinknull@leaf.dragonflybsd.org> wrote:

New submission from Edward O'Callaghan <eocallaghan@auroraux.org>:

Many have changed from hard to configure and buggy Sendmail to Postfix
including NetBSD (Since 4.0), GNU/Linux etc..

Perhaps its time we follow suit.
I am sure this is open to all sorts of debate however I thought I would
bring it up to see what others have to say?
Its worth nothing that postfix has a sendmail wrapper.

Cheers,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postfix_(software)

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messages: 8081
nosy: eocallaghan
priority: wish
status: unread
title: RFE: Change MTA in base system from Sendmail to Postfix.

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Yah, DMA is the path, and then allow sendmail or postfix to be
selected via pkgsrc if the user desires a more heavy-weight solution.
That's why DMA was written, after all!

-Matt

Oh, well I was not sure if others where OK with that path, but yea ! Removal of
Sendmail in favor of DMA is a +1 from me too.

This would also result in a more secure default system and less for people to
maintain in the base system.

Cheers,
Edward.