On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 03:35:54PM +1000, Jon Biddell wrote: > -=> > Sendmail's the last thing I think we should be handing to another > -=> > generation of net.geeks. I don't care what we *do* give > -=> them, I just > -=> > care that it > -=> > *isn't* sendmail. > -=> > -=> I disagree. Everyone should be taught sendmail as an > -=> example of how not to write an MTA :-) > > I agree in principle, but how many organizations are there Out There > that *are* running sendmail successfully, and don't see a need to change > it ?
I'd say a low count, compared to those for whom sendmail isn't working, or that it's kinda working but their Deep Magic person has left and so they can't maintain it. The problem with sendmail isn't that it's easy or hard to configure, it's that the magic[1] is waaaay too close to the surface. But this is going down the path of MTA advocacy, which can never do anyone any good. [1] I define magic as something that needs a guru to operate. If a regular person *can* learn how to operate it, it's not magic. I contend that sendmail routing syntax, especially, is magic. The mc files are fine as far as they go, but if they break, you're in very serious poop. - Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
