On 10/26/2006 9:24 AM, Bob La Quey wrote:
On 10/25/06, Bob La Quey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Famous last words,
I thought this would be easy ...
One line in .fetchmailrc was all it took
mda /usr/sbin/postfix
C that was easy ... but I really find it hard
to revel in knowing such esoteric crap. I
suppose I should just get over it but I keep
hoping for a better way.
Does all of this really have to be this complex?
Or is it just an artifact of the historic way these
systems have been built and acrued kruft. I do
not know but elegant it is not.
I totally agree.
I've said to my wife many times that as hard as the designers try,
computers aren't made to be operated by people without technical
knowledge. I suppose a corollary would be that Linux machines aren't
made to be configured by those who don't already know how.
The seemingly constant method is:
1. Install new software. Do config. Try it out.
2. Doesn't work.
3. Check logs.
4. Stare at config files.
5. Google. Find advice on what to do. Change config according to advice.
6. Still doesn't work. Turns out advice was written for different
version, fixes wrong problem, was wrong, etc.
7. Google some more. Find one useful piece of info in an email post
somewhere. Change config.
8. Still doesn't work, but different problem now. Loop back to step 3
until it's working or you give up.
Karl
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