Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ncc!lyndon@nexus.ca
From: lyndon@nexus.ca (Lyndon Nerenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: smail 3.0
Message-ID: <10517@ncc.Nexus.CA>
Date: 2 Nov 88 19:30:51 GMT
References: <1802@cbnews.ATT.COM>
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In-reply-to: gws@cbnews.ATT.COM (Gary W. Sanders)

In article <1802@cbnews.ATT.COM>, gws@cbnews (Gary W. Sanders) writes:
>
>Does anyone have the "WORD" on smail 3.0+? Last I heard it was in beta,
>but that was back in the summer. When will it be available to us
>normal folks? and what new features will it have (sendmail type routing?)
>any info welcome..

Smail 3 is still in alpha test. No word on when the beta release will
come out.

Version 3 is a plug-in replacement for BSD sendmail. Perhaps its
nicest feature is there is *no* sendmail.cf to worry about. There
is support for multiple routers and transports. The code is very
portable -- we are currently testing it under SunOS3.5 on Sun 3's,
CTIX 5.23, SVR3 on 3B2's, and I'll be starting on a VaxStation 2000
port next month.

The code won't be released until it has had a complete shakedown,
which will take a while longer. It *will* be worth the wait.