Building Sendmail from ports

Andrew Pantyukhin infofarmer at FreeBSD.org
Tue Nov 21 13:16:09 PST 2006


On 11/22/06, DAve <dave.list at pixelhammer.com> wrote:
> I am looking into upgrading Sendmail on several
> machines. Currently we run the installed version
> of sendmail and I have kept it up to date via
> security patches. However, in the planning for
> "what if a Bus hits DAve" scenario I would like
> to switch to using the ports. It should be easier
> for those who come behind me later.

I'm sorry but I just can't help it: have you
considered that those who come after you might
appreciate the switch to a non-sendmail solution
more than saving them from staying on security
branches (which I figure they'll have to do
anyway)?

Sorry :-)


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