On Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:41:32 -0800 (PST) MountainX <d...@davestechshop.net> wrote:
> The experts have already learned Postfix. As far as I am concerned, I > can't add anything to the world by learning Postfix too. It isn't enough for email to just work. It has to work right. Imparting knowledge without understanding in such an environment would be ill advised. You may or may not be able to add anything to the world by learning Postfix, but you can take quite a bit out by running a mail server without understanding what you are doing. Applications that send mail are serious. If a web server configuration breaks, it stops delivering content. If a mailserver breaks, it just may turn into that horrid broom from "The Sorceror's Apprentice". I like deployment recipes as well as the next person (and Postfix has them), but I generally use them as an outline to study the process - a syllabus. I've run Postfix as part of a hobby server setup for only three years now and the time I spent learning the why along with the how has been saved several times over since. Open source communities are a little like martial arts instructors. The good ones are willing to give you a few bruises if it is going to keep you from getting killed in the real world. Chris Babcock
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