From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 21EDB1382C5 for ; Thu, 26 Nov 2020 04:02:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DDF82E08F4; Thu, 26 Nov 2020 04:02:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.io (static.214.254.202.116.clients.your-server.de [116.202.254.214]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8F991E088A for ; Thu, 26 Nov 2020 04:02:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1ki8U1-0008PT-AJ for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2020 05:02:13 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: sendmail configuration Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2020 04:02:09 -0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <885b8c82-2b39-c5fc-4b0d-ec12ae5f61ce@sys-concept.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) X-Archives-Salt: 5b2ac3e8-e582-4332-9149-0663c7a83ad6 X-Archives-Hash: a87bd2762da3ba67784dace0d84210ea On 2020-11-26, thelma@sys-concept.com wrote: > I've always used postifx but I want to try sendmail this time. Appropos of nothing, might we ask why? I've heard there are things that you can do with sendmail that you can't do with postfix or exim or qmail, but the descriptions of what sorts of "things" would require sendmail were rarely intelligible to a mere mortal. > And I have a hard time finding gentoo howto. Back when we used to sendmail on SunOS in the early 90's the generally accepted approach was to copy somebody else's config file that almost worked, change things more or less at random and then watch the disks fill up and the network crash. The miraculous part was that the disk would fill up but all the mail would disappear. I think sendmail configuration was where "cargo cult" programming originated. >From "The Unix-Hater's Handbook" Sendmail: The Vietnam of Berkeley Unix Sendmail is the standard Unix mailer, and it is likely to remain the standard Unix mailer for many, many years. Although other mailers (such as MMDF and smail) have been written, none of them simultaneously enjoy sendmail’s popularity or widespread animosity. O'Reilly's _Sendmail_ 4th Edition (the bat book), has 1312 pages and weighs four pounds. Head up the river if you must, but don't get out of the boat. -- Grant