Giovanni,
May I make a recommendation?
The great thing about open source software is that it lets you make changes that you need to. In my case there are a few of things I'm looking for which courier doesn't do. However, rather than ask Sam, or anybody else to take up their valuable time working on code for me, I am making the changes myself. Then, when I have test them and know they work, I'll submit a patch. Then, if the patch is deemed to fit with the overall goal and scope of the software, it may get integrated. If it doesn't, I won't be sore, because that's not what its all about.
Bill,
you're right, the great thing about Open Source is if you don't like something you can change it for yourself. I am convinced however that it ought to be in the interest of any good open source product to give the best experience out of the box. Just because it is changeable shouldn't have to mean that everyone who needs it in a production environment like an ISP should have to hack it to get full compatibility with all the flawed clients around.
I can see why it's desirable to refuse email without <> or other common syntax errors, as it's bad practice and might break MUAs (?) but I'm afraid we can't really teach the originators of this evil by penalizing the users. The question is then not to raise a complaint to the Courier user group or Sam but rather to decide that it might be a good idea to have further configuration options to allow for even more compatibility. If a good number of users hack their MTA to allow mails with some sort of minor syntax error to be accepted, then part of the OpenSource spirit could be to feed these patches back to the community for general consumption. Bill seems to agree with me here -- now all we need is some patches by able programmers (this excludes myself - I'm mostly only good for dirty hacks) to introduce some further configuration settings for these eventualities.
I haven't deployed Courier MTA yet, but hearing that I will probably have to hack it myself because M$ couln't get their act together, is a blacklash against "install once and not worry afterwards". It'd be rather sad if a general conseus were to be established that cautioned prospective users not to deply Courier MTA because it doesn't make an effort to be compatible with the flawed world of Windows. Wouldn't it be great to have compatibility as a further advantage on the list of features? I think so.
- Gregor
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