From: Ryan Anderson Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 21:01:21 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] send-email: allow sendmail binary to be used instead of SMTP Message-ID: <20060515210110.GR32076@h4x0r5.com> In-Reply-To: <7vmzdjtya4.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 02:47:31AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Eric Wong writes: > > > I believe this is what Martin wanted. I think it's a good idea since > > sendmail binaries tend to be more flexible, but I'm ok with it either > > way. > > I am not opposed to have an option to run a local submission > agent binary (I said I like that if(){}else{} there, didn't I?). > The ability to do so is a good thing. I am not however sure > about changing the default when no option is specified on the > command line. I think, in practice, that /usr/lib/sendmail will exist anywhere you hve something running on port 25, at least on unixy machines. In my searches at an old job, that appeared to be the canonical place to call sendmail from, and every MTA appears to provide an appropriate binary there. So, I'm not overly worried about it.