am 20.02.2008 19:59 schrieb Graeme Fowler: > On Wed, 2008-02-20 at 18:52 +0100, Peter Velan wrote: >> ... Dear MS-Admin, you don't have to know what you are doing, if you are >> still able to: "click here, expand folder xyz, right-click this tab, >> check this box, etc. To be an administrator of a MS-server is as easy as >> 1-2-3!" >> >> Ooomph! Shrug! Unbelievable! > > With respect, you could say the same of Exim, Sendmail, Postfix & Qmail: > > Dear MTA Administrator, you don't have to know what you're doing, just: > Open the Control Panel/Webmin/<insert name of admin system here> > Select the folder xyz > Tick the box saying "Uber widget" > Ensure package UmtyDumty is installed and the service is running > Click "restart" to restart the MTA. > If all else fails, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for help
Yes you are right: This kind of click-clack (without any knowledge about the background mechanism) exists on non-Microsoft systems too! But I never saw such kind of "documentation" in the *primary* literature for Exim, Sendmail, Postfix & Qmail. > There's a lot of it about, and it isn't just Microsoft. They should be > applauded in some small way for ensuring that Exchange 2007 doesn't > accept-n-bounce unknown recipients out of the box. Any SW producer should be applauded if he improves his work ;-) Regards, Peter -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
