On 11/01/02 21:32 +0530, Dayalan Manohar wrote: > hi, > youre using suse so to must have the package imap installed.it provides > imap4,pop2 and pop3.inetd.conf must be started in rc.config and edited > accordingly.is is'nt it obvious - to install pop you have to install imap! Ummm, this is usually a function of the mailserver ( mailserver != MTA) concerned.
> BTW suse sucks big time.redhat or mandrake are much more manageable.why? > - suse wastes your time with SuSEconfig every time you do anything. Not necessarily. As far as I am cpncerned, suseconfig = linuxconf. Might as well not exist. > -suse does not have the equivalent of ntsysv. You don't need it. Man mv, man ln. > -there is no man page for chkconfig though the command may exist. This is bad. > -the default installation of suse runs services that could have been > disabled in other distros thru ntsysv.in suse you may be lucky if it merits > mention in rc.config. Anything that runs any service by default is bad. I suggest connectiva. > -suse has no manpage for wget though wget is installed.why? Bad again > -suse gets hacked more Any system is as good as its administrator. In the hands of a bad administrator, even OpenBSd will be cracked (BTW, its cracked, not hacked). > -when you have a question in a discussion group you get answers that pertain > to redhat but nothing about suse. SuSE is strong in Europe. Search in languages other than English and you will find your answers. > -suse yast only update (YOU) sucks bigtime.whereas redahat up2date is > extremly reliable and free. Dunno, I don't use up2date either. wget rocks. > -want to install a mailserver - dont get conned into buying suse email > server.recently a guy posted about wanting to use suse email server 2 for a > mailserver.why use an old version of suse when you can download all the > latest stuff and get something that at least you have confugured yourself > and can troubleshoot more easily.try asking questions specific about suse > email server on this list.i doubt you'll get many answers. Ummm, I use the same software as the SuSE email server uses, although I use it on deadrat and on my FreeBSD workstation. You don't *buy* the mailserver, you buy support from SuSE, and that is rock solid. You can bitch all you want about their lack of response to mails sent to their secure address, but their support is good. Anyway, none of the reasons that you have given are valid for not choosing or choosing SuSE, or any other distro for that matter. I would recommend Immunix over deadrat any day, and where security is concerned, OpenBSD in the hands of a paranoid admin who knows his stuff on it. Hell, in the hands of a very good admin, I might trust NT even, but in the hands of an incompetent admin, I will not trust even trusted solaris|hpux|unix of choice. Hope this helps. No flames on this please, this is an attempt to quell a my distro is better than yours thread. Devdas Bhagat _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
