on 2/26/03 7:45 PM, Jesse Guardiani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kurt Bigler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Jesse Guardiani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 8:09 PM > Subject: Re: [sqwebmail] new file proposal > > >> on 2/26/03 7:40 AM, Jesse Guardiani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> [snip] >> >>> Now, I'd like to discuss the possibility of adding some MORE functionality >> >> [snip] >> >>> Value Meaning >>> ---------- ------- >>> allvirtual default to displaying a hidden field with the value >>> of HTTP_HOST. This way, a server that runs all virtual >>> domains wouldn't have to enter a separate record in >>> the logindomainlist file for each domain. The >>> logindomainlist would 'overload' or 'override' the >>> default (which is to use HTTP_HOST as the login domain). >> >> Maybe I'm slow, but how is that different from: >> >> *:*:* > > I probably just wasn't clear enough on the issue. > > The 'allvirtual' string will be preceded by an asterisk. The asterisk > specifies that a special modifier is about to follow. > (allvirtual or vpopmail at this point) > > Maybe that's a hokey way to implement it... but it made sense at the time, and > I can't think of a real compelling reason to change > it.
Well it sounds like you are agreeing with this catch, but that you aren't a purist. Correct me if I'm wrong, because that is my assumption for going on. I am a purist not for the sake of purity alone, but because it has implications for the (server admin) user. If you leave it the way it is... It draws attention to a separate situation that is not really separate. It makes people think about what the separate thing means, when in fact they didn't have to think about it at all. It obscures the power of the original wildcard notation - it will actually prevent the mind of the person assimilating the doc from being able to grasp something because they will have assimilated something not thought out - a contradiction. If the reader doesn't realize the contradiction consciously then their understanding of the whole thing is reduced. If they do realize it consciously it will make them believe they are missing something else - there must be something else - what does this documentation really mean? In my mind this is worth fixing. Are you sure that if you were to just remove the option that the *:* method would just not already work in your existing implementation? I'm not sure it would, but it seems possible. Then you can just tell people that the allvirtual option was unnecessary. Sorry, I wish I had gotten this to you in time to prevent extra trouble. But I do really think the quality of sqwebmail will be better if its documentation isn't confusing the user with features that don't need to exist. -Kurt
