Re: sendmail

On 12/27/25 10:31 PM, Bruce Dubbs ([email protected] via 
blfs-dev Mailing List) wrote:
> We got notified about a new point release of sendmail-8.18.2 tonight.  
> It's the first new release in two years.
>
> I'm wondering if we should drop it from BLFS.  It's been around since 
> 1983 and is fairly challenging to configure.  I do have an O'Reilly 
> book on it -- 3rd edition, Copyright 2003.  It's 1200 pages long 
> counting the index. It refers to version 8.11.3.
>
> We also have exim and postfix in the book and in my opinion that 
> should be sufficient.
>
> Thoughts?
>
>   -- Bruce

I'm the one who normally maintains sendmail for us, but I wouldn't be 
opposed to dropping it if everyone is in favor. I would however prefer 
to at least keep Exim, as postfix is a bit overkill for local mail 
delivery! Sendmail definitely is challenging to configure, and it would 
save me a couple hours every tagging cycle.

- Doug

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