[OmniOS-discuss] Bloody // mailwrapper & mta mediator

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Thu, 5 Nov 2015, Paul B. Henson wrote:

>> From: Andy Fiddaman
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2015 2:45 PM
>>
>> Not directly. I install my own Sendmail package (which lives in
>> /opt/sendmail/ and use the mta mediator to link it from /usr/lib/sendmail
>> etc., replacing mailwrapper.
>
> Out of curiosity, as long as you are installing a replacement MTA, why stick
> with Sendmail instead of one of the other more modern alternatives?

Many of us have working Sendmail configurations and are not interested 
in taking the risk of breaking things to convert to a different MTA. 
At least not right away.

Sendmail is very reliable, is very efficient, and (to my knowledge) 
has not had a serious security issue since the early '90s.  It is also 
not very large and definitely does not qualify as "kitchen sink".

OmniOS + sendmail is a good solution for those moving from Solaris 
10 + sendmail.

If someone is starting from scratch, sendmail is likely not the best 
MTA to start with.

Bob
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