Stan Hoeppner: > What I stated above is Wietse's policy: > > "It is a waste of everyone's time including the poster and readers > to go spell check main.cf files on the mailing list."
To place the quote in context: Stan: > This is exactly why I wanted to see your main.cf. It's a total > mess. I'll try to annotate needed changes. > > > then my main.cf: > > cat /etc/postfix/main.cf > > Everything from here... > -------------------- > > permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_unauth_destination check_client_access > > pcre:/etc/postfix/fqrdns.pcre, reject_rbl_client dnsbl.sorbs.net, Wietse: > This is PRECISELY why this mailing list instists on posting POSTCONF > -N output, because THAT is the only way to find out that the main.cf > file is mal-formed. > > It is a waste of everyone's time including the poster and readers > to go spell check main.cf files on the mailing list. Meanwhile the postconf command has evolved such that it will warn about unused/undefined parameter settings in main.cf (and master.cf). At this point there are no reasons left to post main.cf files instead of "postconf -n" output, except to report a discrepancy between them. That said, the main purpose of this list is to help people use Postfix, so it is appropriate to cut newcomers some slack (but not too much; they should provide information after 1-2 reminders). Wietse