RFC: Sendmail deprecation ?

[Baptiste Daroussin]

On Fri, Dec 08, 2017 at 03:44:56PM +0800, Kevin Lo wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 06, 2017 at 11:33:41PM +0100, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I would like to propose the deprecation then removal of sendmail in base.
> > 
> > Deprecation will happen in the form of FreeBSD 12.0 being built WITHOUT_SENDMAIL
> > by default
> > 
> > removal would happen in FreeBSD 13.0
> > 
> > sendmail in base it not really usable as a full featured mta due to the fact it
> > does not support anything an entreprised grade mta setup would require: ldap
> > support for example, check the number of options available in the sendmail port.
> > 
> 
> Hmm, dma(8) says: 
> 
> dma is not intended as a replacement for real, big MTAs like sendmail(8)
> or postfix(1).
> 
> I seriously don't think dma(8) is a full featured mta.  I would recommend 
> OpenSMTPD.  OpenSMTPD makes smtp easier to implement and manage and more
> secure.
> 
It is not and that is the main point of it, what is really required in base it
delivering mails to /var/mail and relay them to a real mail server. when one
needs a full featured mta then he can install opensmtpd, postfix, exim, sendmail
from ports

Best regards,
Bapt
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