Re: [gentoo-dev] Mailers, Mailers, Mailers!!!

[Jerry A!]

On Mon, Jul 09, 2001 at 04:40:28PM -0500, Grant Goodyear wrote:
: > However, we do install ssmtp by default.  This is a lightweight (it only
: > relays to a hub) /usr/{lib,sbin}/sendmail clone.
: > 
: > It's so small I bet you didn't even notice it on your system.  8)
: > 
: > But like I said, for a default install (remember, you too can create
: > your own profiles) I think it's wise to not alienate people trying out
: > Gentoo by not having "standard" tools.  Now, I'm not saying out
: > /usr/bin/mail and /usr/sbin/sendmail need to be mailx and sendmail
: > proper (in fact I think nail and ssmtp make excellent replacements).
: > But I do think that something should be there to meet today's baseline
: > expectations.
: 
: You're right, I didn't know that.  Fair enough!  I just didn't
: want to install sendmail by default because it's awfully large.

So, would you be adverse to the idea of me updating nail to RDEPEND on
virtual/mta?  I'll ask Achim to have the nail/ssmtp combo be in the
default profile.

Mostly, I'd just like our mail architecture to behave as sanely and
consistently as possible no matter what combination of programs we use.

        --Jerry

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