On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 11:50:43PM +0200, Guillaume Rousse wrote:
Ainsi parlait Luca Berra :
what should be done for the distro (a bit late for 9.2, but mandrakesoft
should think about next release) is adding a decent program (i'd call it
mailerdrake) to mcc that is used to configure postfix, amavisd,
spamassassin, cyrus (or courier, or dovecot).
Is this really a good idea to add wizards, gui and other newbies-oriented
assistant for software as mail servers, DNS, and other real stuff that have
an impact on other computer users ?
Well, it depends on what the tools allows the luser to do. I don't think
it is possible to build a working setup for everyone, but a tool that
can create a working setup based on user input would help a lot. If we
don't provide an easy way to set it up the luser is just going to google
for a badly written HOWTO and will follow it blindly creating a mess
anyway.
If the tool makes easy to configure SMTP auth we would have less open
relays around.
Then if the user asks for antivirus or antispam the tool could
seamlessly add amavisd/clamav/spamassassin
Then if we have cyrus and maybe our user database is in ldap a tool that
would allow me to configure a user, both as a system user and as a
mailbox, with aliases in one single place would be welcome by most
experienced admins. Doing this without tools at the moment is only a
PITA. And m$ exchange admins would be right if they were laughing at us.
And if the tool is well designed the user should find it very difficult
to create an open relay.
regards,
L.
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