Why is sendmail in the core of FreeBSD?

[Wojciech Puchar]

> the software that comes with the OS where possible. Especially in the case of 
> FreeBSD, as I find the core software is rock solid and I love that. I think 
> I'll learn how to configure sendmail and try sticking with it. At least it is 
> documented somewhat in the handbook.
>
just doing make ; make install in /etc/mail does basic configuration, just 
reading /usr/share/sendmail/cf/README and changing things is enough for 
much more.