> 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.
I think this tool would be great. It would be nice if it worked with libconf. This is something I would use, but I don't like it if all my settings made by hand is lost. This is one of the big issues I have with MNF at this stage. Jan
