On 1/19/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Dudes, out of curiosity why can't mailman be totally installed and run > without involving root? Indeed maybe it would be a safer and more > portable installation.
Feel free to give it a try and report back to us. > E.g., who cares what MTA is installed when one can just use: > > #Untested partial .procmailrc for a mailman list on a catchall mailbox > #for a domain. No need to have root adjust some MTA's configuration! Okay, so now you've just made Mailman 100% dependant on having procmail installed, as opposed to not really caring what MTA may be installed, and being able to work with multiple different MTAs. > There, see, I have rewritten your thinking: indeed a totally > non-root-involved installation keeps one insulated from (and meddling > with) the underlying details. Yes, rewritten your thinking, all > without testing. Hope it really works. "What could go wrong?" No, you haven't totally rewritten anything, except maybe your own memory of how you magically improve anything you touch. -- Brad Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> LinkedIn Profile: <http://tinyurl.com/y8kpxu> ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
