svn commit: r262282 - in head: contrib/dma contrib/dma/debian contrib/dma/debian/migrate contrib/dma/debian/source contrib/dma/test etc/mtree libexec libexec/dma share/mk tools/build/mk tools/build...

[Steve Kargl]

On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 06:41:51PM +0100, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 09:32:04AM -0800, Steve Kargl wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 05:32:18PM +0100, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
> > > On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 08:01:44AM -0800, Steve Kargl wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 07:26:49AM +0000, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
> > > > > Author: bapt
> > > > > Date: Fri Feb 21 07:26:49 2014
> > > > > New Revision: 262282
> > > > > URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/262282
> > > > > 
> > > > > Log:
> > > > >   Import Dragonfly Mail Agent into base system
> > > > 
> > > > Why?  There is /usr/ports/mail/dma.
> > > > 
> > > Because there are lot of case where you do not need a full smtp
> > > server in base but just be able to deliver locally and/or relay
> > > mails outside, dma is very good for that purpose.
> > 
> > As there is already a full stmp server in base, your argument is
> > fairly weak.  Yes, I know there is now going to be a small, but
> > vocal group of people, demanding the removal of sendmail.  So,
> > let's remove both sendmail and dma, and then let the user choose
> > an agent from ports/mail.
> > 
> Some tools in the base system like cron do expect a working
> sendmail(1), so we need a working sendmail(1) in base
> 

That's easily fixed by adding MAILTO="" to /etc/crontab.

-- 
Steve