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List:       freebsd-hackers
Subject:    Sendmail conf files
From:       Matt Churchyard via freebsd-hackers <freebsd-hackers () freebsd ! org>
Date:       2017-03-30 19:19:34
Message-ID: 481fef207e2e457cb4f8a689d0ce4373 () SERVER ! ad ! usd-group ! com
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Hello,


Not sure if this is the right list for this..


For me the most awkward part of updating a system using freebsd-update is when it \
comes to merging files. The most common files that pop up seem to be \
/etc/mail/sendmail.cf & /etc/mail/submit.cf, because these are included in the base \
distribution and almost certainly change if you actually use Sendmail.


In most cases this sort of issue has been solved by providing "default files" such as \
/etc/defaults/rc.conf, and letting the user override this with files they create \
themselves. Obviously there is a concerted effort to make sure users don't have to \
edit base files where possible so that they don't get these sort of issues.


For Sendmail, would it not make sense to remove these 2 .cf files from base and \
update the sendmail rc.d script to run 'make install' in /etc/mail if they don't \
exist? It may also be nice if the freebsd.* files were stored somewhere else such as \
/usr/share/sendmail, as these just causes confusion about which files are actually \
used if you're new to it.


Personally I'm on the side that would rather have Sendmail removed entirely and \
replaced with a simple smtp submission daemon/lda but I think that discussion has \
already been had.


-

Matt Churchyard
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