We need a new subject- bug fixes
David G. Miller
dave at davenjudy.org
Tue Mar 6 15:56:08 UTC 2007
Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote:
> Steve Searle wrote:
>>
>>
>>>> >>> If most users had to set up an SMTP server, we know what would happen:
>>>> >>> They'd be set to accept mail from all domains, and relay to all, as it'd
>>>> >>> be too hard to work out how to do it otherwise.
>>>>
>>> >> This is precisely why a usable configuration should be supplied, so the
>>> >> users don't make such mistakes. Exactly the same is true for samba,
>>> >> ftp, sshd, and most other services. If someone has to set any of these
>>> >> up from scratch they are going to make mistakes the first time and have
>>> >> an insecure system.
>>>
>> >
>> > Do you actually have any evidence that the configuration supplied is
>> > causing users to make mistakes and set up mail servers that do act as
>> > spam relays? Or is it all just a pet theory?
>>
>
> I only know about my own mistakes which I'm not inclined to discuss
> here. What evidence do you have that everyone else gets this right
> every time without help from the distro?
You mean besides those of us who keep replying to you and who run our
own mail servers?
I won't say I got it right every time but a quick Google for an error
message or a few tests using somebody's web-mail service were usually
sufficient to sort things out.
Cheers,
Dave
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