On Sun, 2 Dec 2007, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > Why is everyone trying to come up with a solution to a problem that > > doesn't exist? > > The 'problem' is a piece of software installed on the box that some of > us don't use. It takes up space (how much?). Each MTA has its > champions and its detractors. The Solomonesque solution would be to > remove the MTA from base altogether unless things in base need an MTA > for local delivery, in which case installing something smaller than > sendmail that can't be used for anything other than local delivery would > be one solution to the 'problem'. That's all I'm suggesting.
Thanks for the suggestion, but it isn't going to be implemented - see the numerous discussions on misc@ over many years for the reasoning. I think the only way that sendmail will be removed from base is if there is some compelling replacement for it. This could be something new, it might possibly be a qmail that is made (much) more sane wrt configuration and filesystem hierarchy, it could be postfix if it were ever released under a palatable license, it might be Sendmail X/MeTA1 when it is finished. None of these possible futures will eventuate because of "suggestions" - someone has to actually do the work. Are you going to do some, or do you plan on continuing to "suggest" that we do it all for you? -d
