Sending mail (was Re: Upgrading without central packaging)

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Michael G Schwern <schwern@xxxxx.xxx> writes:

> Here's one that tries to send mail with /usr/lib/sendmail.

Programs that *don't* send mail with /usr/lib/sendmail (yeah, yeah,
these days /usr/sbin/sendmail) are hateful.  /usr/lib/sendmail has a
correct implementation of SMTP, unlike half the programs that try to
do it themselves.  How many people have written their own half-assed
SMTP senders when they *didn't have to*, because there was a perfectly
good /usr/lib/sendmail *right there*?  /usr/lib/sendmail has been
correctly configured for the local mail setup.  How many times do I
have to explain to yet another program that no, it is not to try to
connect to mail.$ISP.com on port 25 and send passwords in cleartext?

zw

• Michael G Schwern 17:15 on 23 Apr 2005
  • Matt McLeod 17:27 on 23 Apr 2005
  • Sending mail (was Re: Upgrading without central packaging) Zack Weinberg 17:46 on 23 Apr 2005
  • Re: Upgrading without central packaging peter (Peter da Silva) 22:43 on 23 Apr 2005
  • Aaron J. Grier 01:12 on 28 Apr 2005

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