None of the Above (was Re: Sendmail still default?)

[Karel Zak]

On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 12:42:17PM -0700, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:26:24 +0200
> Karel Zak <kzak at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 11:37:16AM -0700, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> > > Anybody trying to argue for the politics of Exim/Postfix/Sendmail as
> > > default choice is ignoring the reality... 
> > 
> >  (+1)
> > 
> >  Good point, but don't forget that Fedora is pretty ambivalent
> >  distribution. It's a "desktop distribution" where some people want to
> >  disable non-X console and other people use postfix, port packages to
> >  s390, maintain GFS2 stuff and Spacewalk -- and finally it should be a
> >  base for Red Hat Enterprise distribution :-)
> 
> I'm all in favor having any and all of those as options.
> Really.
> For the people who want to run a mail server, they absolutely should.
> But those already have to significantly customize their OS already.
> Installing a MTA of their choice as part of that is no big deal,
> and probably entirely expected by those who really want to run a mail
> server.
> 
> But I stand by: The default: none of the above.

 I agree. Definitely. (I use esmtp(1) for years).

    Karel

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 Karel Zak  <kzak at redhat.com>