On Fri, 1 Nov 2002, Darrell May wrote: > > I'm willing to provide the time and resources I have to improve the SME > Server, how about the same from Mitel. >
As a lurker on this list, I'm somewhat puzzled by the "us and them" attitude so frequently displayed here. I often cringe when reading some of the exchanges between Mitel (us) and other posters here (them). Maybe I'm missing something, maybe there's a Mitel agenda that's invisible to me, but it seems to me that Darrell has a valid point WRT obtuse-smtpd vs. mailfront. No doubt Mitel had good reasons to change to mailfront, but the fact remains that it is less capapble than obtuse-smtpd in some important areas which Darrell has highlighted - I get the impression that Mitel are unconcerned that this change means that moving forward to SME 5.5 is not an option for many users who rely on the superior controls afforded by obtuse-smtpd / smtpcheckrules - is this the case? Given that spam is a huge problem already & getting worse all the time, common sense would seem to dictate that taking useful anti-spam features away from later SME versions weakens the product overall. I often wonder if Mitel actually care at all about fostering contributions from external developers. On the face of it, you appear to have fallen into the Microsoft trap of "we know what's good for you, how dare you question our decisions?". I also agree with Darrell that this list is in danger of becoming moribund if the current situation continues unchanged. -- Nick Ramsay Witzend Computer Services http://www.witzendcs.co.uk/ -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Searchable archive at http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
