The purpose of sendmail is to transfer mail from host A to host B, not to be a filter against mediocre SysAdmin.
I think that sendmail.cf is the worst written configuration file and a good SysAdmin has edited the SECOND part of it almost once, but never twice because the second time he removed sendmail and installed something better.
I administer more than 20 Linux servers and my strategy is to use packages except of the critical services such as MTA, httpd, proxy, ancd, of course the kernel itself. In those cases I prefer to build a customized source for various reasons, such as security, performance, optimization, and so on.
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The purpose of sendmail is to transfer mail from host A to host B, not to be a filter against mediocre SysAdmin.
I think that sendmail.cf is the worst written configuration file and a good SysAdmin has edited the SECOND part of it almost once, but never twice because the second time he removed sendmail and installed something better.
Could be: Compaq did the same thing many times. But can also be a way to offer alternatives. I hope for the latter. Ciao, luigi
Ciao,
luigi
Ciao,
luigi