On Wed, Mar 01, 2000 at 10:13:41AM +1100 or thereabouts, Chuck Dale wrote:
> Wrote Mikko Hänninen on Tue, Feb 29, 2000 at 09:34:37PM +0200:
> > If you ask me, I wouldn't use sendmail as a newbie's MTA, the beast is
> > not for the faint at heart.
>
> And the ironic thing is that sendmail is pretty much the newbie's MTA.
> Think how many RedHat installs are running sendmail without the user
> knowing what it is..
>
> But that's no reason to not explain things better. If I read less
> "sendmail is extremely complex" and "it is very difficult to get a hold
> of" and more actual sendmail documentation I'm sure it wouldn't seem so
> complex.
I dunno. I leave mine well alone. But I have seen "simple" sendmail.cf
files, and I have heard people who know what they're doing complain
about their more complicated ones. And they still reach for the gigantic
book when they change anything. By contrast, the exim config file is
a delight. I had to alter something very urgently once, and it was a
piece of cake (and worked). I agree that the FAQ or documentation
explaining clearly, "MTAs do this, this and this. Here are links to
common ones. MUAs do this, this and this. Mutt is an example. Neither
of them filter incoming email into folders. For that you need procmail,
maildrop (?) or (whatever): here are links" right at the start might
help. It's on the webpage, and very clear there. But in the mutt manual
as well might be a thought.
> > > There are way too many options in the sample config file.
> > > At least the standard ones which users might like to change should be
> > > put at the top of the file and the more esoteric below that.
> >
> > There are some really good example .muttrc-files on the web (Telsa's
> > example comes to mind *grin*).
Aww. Sweetie :)
> I did actually read a number of these (Telsa's was first), but they are
> very long files to try and fit into your head. I'd much prefer lots of
> those settings to also be settable within the interface where I actually
> want the change rather than reading a config file.
They're hugely long, yes. I know mine is. What I did want to do (in
my Copious Free Time) was to do something else, with a list of "what do
you want to alter? Your headers. Folders. How you sort things" and put
little links in to the few headers you need, so that people who just
want to add pgp/gnupg don't have to wade through folder-hooks and people
who want folder-hooks don't have to read about getting mutt to get
your multiple addresses right. It's on my to-do list. But it's not going
to happen for a while; I know that much. :(
Telsa
