On Seg, 2013-07-15 at 10:36 +0200, Jaroslav Reznik wrote: > Most MUAs we ship (especially those we install by default) do not > deliver to a > local MTA anyway but rather include an SMTP client. Usually, they will > not > pick up mail delivered to local users. This means that unless the user > knows > about local mail and takes steps to receive local mail addressed to > root, such > messages are likely to be ignored.
> On top of that, sendmail has always been a quite surprising choice for > an MTA, not for me , my choice is qmail (which now is FOSS) > as most administrators tend to prefer mail systems such as Postfix or > Exim > these days, and Sendmail appears to be quite arcane to most. > not for me, > Administrators should install the MTA of their choice after > installation (or > via kickstart) and sendmail should not be the default anymore. and what is the benefit ? I also don't agree with state: many distros already change or don't have any. Debian change to exmin , which, in my opinion, is a much worse choice. Sendmail rocks since 90s :) Sorry for my weak English , I don't write well even in my own language. -- Sérgio M. B. -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
