--- likot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Rick Moen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Huh? What am I missing, here? To the best of my > > > my fault i misunderstood what you said, reraad your > post. > > > Point of information for you: Saying "mbox > format" > > _doesn't_ imply > > /var/spool/mail. The MDA might be configured to > use > > ~/Mail/mbox, or any > > of a variety of alternatives. > > yes i know, did my post said anything like that? > > The assumption to the > > contrary is a > > Bernsteinism. > > did you assumed that i was thinking like that? > > > > > > > > (IMHO maildir is the way to go ) > > > > Gratuitous advocacy noted without further comment. > > > I figure admins will > > make their own decisions based on their own needs. > > ofcourse everyone is entitled to use what ever > he/she > wants as long as it fits his/her needs. > > > > In rhetoric, we call this fallacy "begging the > > question". This means > > basing your conclusion on a doubtful premise that > is > > carefully unexamined. > > in context, i was refering to security design > having 14 exploits in 1996-1997 and 2(?!?) not so > recent ones says something about the security design > in sendmail. > Exploits that can take over the machine running > sendmail - have you heard of such exploits with > postfix and qmail? > > > > > > Please note: "Correct design" is _not_ defined as > > "Our Hero said this > > is the only acceptable way." > > Gratuitous criticism noted without further comment. > > > > Painfully and very manually, I wouldn't doubt: I > > must say that writing > > one's own substitute for stdio.h is a bitigure > > pathological. > > Gratuitous criticism noted without further comment. > > Ofcourse you already know the reason right? > > > > > > > > > Huh? Please explain. You referred me to > > qmail-queue. Here's the > > manpage: > > oh i was referring to qmail-queue fix (queue-fix) > and > qmail-queue repair ( queue-repair ) at www.qmail.org > > > If you're talking about some wacko program that > can > > _export_ qmail's > > inode-encoded spool contents so that a backup or > > copying program can get > > at them, then that's half a loaf, > > nopes > > I > > finally escaped > > having to administer the damned thing > professionally > > in late 1999. > > Hated it. > > oh then thats your problem i'd been administering > your > so called damned thing professionally since l997 > and i loved it. ( that doesn't mean anything really > no > one is wrong here, you are entitled to use what ever > you want ) > > > > let us just clear this thing up, most people > think > > that you _can't_ > > > modify qmail's source which is wrong. [...] > > > > But I _don't_ think that. Nor did I say so. > > but this was not for you, ( and that's a good thing > cause i know you know more ) this is to inform those > people who will read your post, for your information > there was a post in this list saying you can't > modify > qmail. > > > > > And what I said before _is_ precisely (and > > concisely) the issue. What > > you're bringing up is a tiresome, time-wasting red > > herring. > > and yes it's tiresome, time-wasting redherring > > > He forbids distributing modified qmail under _any_ > > name without special > > permission. > > thanks for correcting me on that. > > > > > > And, absent some new permissions grant by Dan > > Bernstein or a successor > > copyright holder (e.g., an heir), it's _exactly_ > the > > dilemma that the > > entire qmail and djbdns user communities will find > > themselves in, some > > day. Avoiding such situations, and favouring the > > right to fork as a > > general remedy, is the main (pragmatic) advantage > of > > open source. > > i agree on this, no explanation needed, but im being > positive and hopefully things will change in the > future. > > Dek > likot at yahoo dot com > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > http://sbc.yahoo.com > _ > Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives > at http://plug.linux.org.ph > To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web > Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph > > To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send > "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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