In a message dated: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 15:37:09 EST
Derek Martin said:
>> answer is go 100% POP3/IMAP, and don't export the spool to NFS clients. If
>> people want to read e-mail through something like emacs or exmh that uses th
>e
>> local spool, you teach them about fetchmail. That solves a lot of problems
>
>Yeah I agree, and that solution works great for people like me and you,
>but (as much as I hate to admit it) the average user just shouldn't be
>expected to learn how to use fetchmail. Your users are there to perform a
>particular job function, and learning the ins and outs of e-mail with
>tools like procmail and fetchmail isn't it. The only way I think you
>would get buy-in from management and the user community is if the IT
>people set it up for each user. Frankly, I don't want to do that. My time
>is better spent on rebuilding the DNS server, etc.
I'm not saying we'd support such a configuration, just that we can
"unofficially" present them with that option. If the company "Standard" is
only POP3/IMAP then they have a choice, be supported, or not. If they choose
to be unsupported, then it's up to them to figure out how to get their e-mail.
--
Seeya,
Paul
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