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Sendmail Removed From NetBSD

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the end-of-an-era dept.

Derkjan de Haan writes "Christos Zoulas removed sendmail from the NetBSD source tree, after a lot of discussion about its security track-record. Sendmail will remain available from pkgsrc." But without sendmail.cf foo, how will we distinguish between the best admins and the mediocre? Sendmail was more useful as a litmus test than as an MTA ;)

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  1. Netcraft confirms it... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    BSD is dead...

  2. Re:8 years after "The Worm" Snedmail is closed by rbanffy · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And probably invade a country or two and run for a third (gulp) term.

    Maybe I should stop giving them ideas.

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  3. In related news... by mattwarden · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Sendmail Removed From NetBSD

    In related news, Sendmail is used by 4 fewer users.

  4. that's fu not foo by SaberTaylor · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    sorry guys.

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