On Sun, 15 Jul 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Trond, Chris, Michael,
> Y'all all basically replied:
>
> Read the release notes - they're even available during installation.
>
> Yeah, OK. However, it's 300+ lines down in a document that's nowhere on
> the installed system, not listed by "rpm -ql sendmail" or "rpm -qd
> sendmail" or referenced in the Sendmail section of the [supposedly v7.1]
> Reference Guide.
> My second point was, and remains, this:
> Given that this is radically non-standard behavior for sendmail, good
> documentation practice would be to at least have a README.RedHat in the
> /usr/share/sendmail-cf directory. Preferably along with all the
> documentation set that comes with sendmail.org's package.
>
> And my first point remains unanswered. What's the point of even
> installing sendmail if you break it on purpose? This is email! That sort
> of demands extra-local functionality. The ability to retrieve email
> across a network is considered to be a basic service of a networked OS.
> I'd like to see a readily available networked mode. Maybe update anaconda
> with a "Mail Server" group or just a "sendmail-server*" rpm that changes
> sendmail.cf. Better yet, fix the default.
>
> Am I really out to lunch on this? Am I the only one on the list that
> thinks not letting mail in is insane?
Simple solution!! rpm -e sendmail rpm -Uvh postfix. Now there you have it no sendmail
BS!!
***Ducks and runs!! Sorry could not resist. :-)
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