Eray Aslan:
> On Tue, Mar 06, 2012 at 11:48:35AM -0500, Wietse Venema wrote:
> > I think that making everyone wait would be another example of
> > well-meaning people doing things that give Postfix a bad reputation.
>
> postfix start exits successfully but postfix doesn't work, resulting in a
> WTF moment for the user. I am not sure if this is a recommended way to
> start a daemon. It surprises them - hence the original email.
According to the original complaint, no error was logged, and the
system claimed that the mail system was running.
If they had looked in the right logfile, and if they had used the
"postfix status" command, all this WTF would have been unnecessary.
They also claimed they had to to reboot their system to clear up
the problem.
All this indicates that they have no clue. Going for the lowest
common denominator is not sufficient moditivation to make changes
that cause everyone else to suffer.
Wietse
