Re: sendmail
"Pierre Labastie" ([email protected] via blfs-dev Mailing List) <[email protected]> Sun, 28 Dec 2025 10:05:23 +0100
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On Sat, 2025-12-27 at 22:35 -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > On 12/27/25 10:31 PM, Bruce Dubbs 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? > > > > I'm all for it, but not sure how many users need it (maybe worth a message on blfs-support)... Unfortunately, this would only save one update in a few years! OTOH, configuring sendmail is so convoluted that this is a tough update. And it is never sure that it is secure. Pierre -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/sympa/info/blfs-dev Unsubscribe: See the above information page