We need a new subject- bug fixes
Mikkel L. Ellertson
mikkel at infinity-ltd.com
Tue Mar 6 17:08:02 UTC 2007
Les Mikesell wrote:
> Mikkel L. Ellertson 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.
>>>
>> This sounds like a good reason not to ship Sendmail as the default
>> mail program. Change to something like Postfix that has a readable
>> config file format, and does not require you to use a macro language
>> to generate an overly complicated config file.
>
> Why would that matter in the least if you didn't have to edit the file
> but instead had tools equivalent to your network or printer setup?
>
Oh, I don't know, maybe because it would make creating the tools you
want easier? As a bonus, you would end up with a readable config
file. (I can read sendmail.cf, but I don't expect that of someone
that needs a GUI configuration tool.)
>> Plus you don't need
>> all the extra files that Sendmail requires to expand the macro's
>> into a config file.
>
> Why would those bother anyone?
>
I would think it would bother the same people that complain that
they have to install extra packages before they can configure Sendmail.
Mikkel
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