Mate Wierdl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I find it interesting that the postfix email archive is at egroups >running qmail for incoming mail. I don't think that's an "official" archive. >So those who think the qmail list is sometimes rough---we are not different. And people who think DJB is rude but WZV is all warm and fuzzy haven't seen him at times like this, when responding to a newbie: ] You are asking a lot of very elementary questions on this list. ] Perhaps you should read up a bit on UNIX system administration, ] TCP/IP, and so on. This list is not a substitute for using your ] own grey cells. ] ] In particular, the internet service name is "smtp" because that ] name serves as lookup key for the file /etc/services, or whatever ] your local equivalent is called. You can specify a different name ] in /etc/postfix/master.cf and see why it does not work. ] ] Recommended books: ] ] Evi Nemeth and others: UNIX system administration. ] Richard Stevens: TCP/IP Illustrated. ] ] That's by no means a complete list, but it will keep you quiet ] for a while. Or this, to someone who questioned Postfix's build configuration: ] NO. Do not ever mention autoconf in my presence. ] ] ... ] ] I have been maintaining freeware and non-freeware since 1986 for ] dozens of UNIX and non-UNIX variants. I will not be told how to ] write portable and maintainable software. He was right in both cases, of course, but wasn't more polite than DJB would have been. He's also told several people to "learn to read", or words to that effect, which made me wonder if anyone's ever seen DJB and WZV in the same room. :-) -Dave
