Re: sendmail

"Pierre Labastie" ([email protected] via blfs-dev Mailing List) <[email protected]> Sun, 28 Dec 2025 10:05:23 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.linux.lfs.beyond.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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

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