>>"John" == John Goerzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> No real reason? Only one package can listen in on port 25, and
John> There is no real reason that all must listen on port 25. Then you and I have very different opinions on what a working MTA is. Indeed, the SMTP RFC's differ with your opinion as well John> These aren't real reasons at all. Given that, you have a curious definition of ``real''. Unfortunately, I do not think I find your definition of real very interesting. Brendan> I agree with you in general. But it would be nice if Brendan> packages that conflicted on, say, portnumber, could let you Brendan> choose another port to run them on, and maybe give the Brendan> official port to one particular program (like alternatives Brendan> for portnumbers). I realise quite a lot of programs have Brendan> hardcoded portnumbers in the upstream source, and that for Brendan> most purposes it wouldn't often be super useful, but it does Brendan> have certain advantages. One should optimize for the most common case. I think people who can maneuver around the port numbers can also recompile or use dpkg -x effectively. I am unsure that the results are quite worth the effort that needs be expended. manoj -- Support your local church or synagogue. Worship at Bank of America. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C