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Last I checked (FreeBSD 12.x), sendmail was still the default and included with the base install.

• ncmncm 6y ago
  OK... With sendmail still in the base install, why is anybody talking about new security or code quality problems?
  • icedchai 6y ago
    The sendmail of today is not the sendmail of the 90's. Sure, I'd prefer postfix, but if you're just sending local email out for system checks or whatever, sendmail's okay.
    • ruph123 6y ago
      As someone who is totally not aware of this: Why is everybody so horrified about sendmail being included in an OS?
      • icedchai 6y ago
        Historically, there were a ton of vulnerabilities in sendmail. 1980’s C code, etc. Also, I will say its configuration format (“sendmail.cf”) is awful, though generally nobody works with it directly. FreeBSD uses “m4” to build the configs, for example.
        • ruph123 6y ago
          Thank you!