On Wed, 5 Nov 2003 09:16 am, Julian Mehnle wrote: > Gordon Messmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If the MLM is going to go through the trouble to verify that a user > > really wants to be subscribed, it should do *something* to make sure > > that it's not going to interpret a very common problem as confirmation > > that a user wants to be subscribed. > > > > Software should be reliable. If it's not reliable, you might as well > > skip it. Better to have nothing and know what you have than to have > > something unreliable and believe that you have something you don't.
I disagree, software should first and foremost just work. I'd like the OPTION of deciding if the risk of hitting some obscure corner case is worth raising the ease of use barrier on behalf of the people that pay my way in life. > Well, I guess this discussion is somewhat pointless as John Belmonte > already provided a patch (thanks!). I'd just wish that this were included > in the official Courier source code, so the behavior could be configured > easily without having to build custom DEBs for Debian or RPMs for Red > Had/SuSE. Same here. If I only had one or two servers to look after I would have applied Johns patch within 15 minutes of seeing it on the list but I've been thru the maintaining-a-patch wars and had too much downtime because of out-of-sync patches and the lack of being to automate the process. --markc ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
