On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, Dave Sill wrote:
> Andy Walden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >Sorry, I'm still fumbling around trying to get a grip on this. I have to
> >feel insanely confortable before I move my userbase over to this new
> >server using qmail.
>
> So you're a fascist neophobe. :-)
A petname, I'm touched..
> >I can live with that. The main reasons I'm being pulled in the qmail
> >direction are Maildir and the performance hype.
>
> Hype? Who's hyping it? It really is much faster than sendmail.
Hype can be true...apparently I'm sucking it up since I'm running it.
> >> What is it about extension addresses that bothers you?
> >
> >Its probably not fully understanding what they do yet.
>
> I understand, but one shouldn't go around hacking out functionality
> just because they don't understand it. Do you remove commands from
> /bin that you don't fully understand?
Yes come to think of it. Its not out of line for me to chmod 0 a command
unless it can deem itself worthy, I especially pull this on suid stuff.
Kinda scary eh :)
> >I also am
> >responsible for teaching a tech crew how to get around this once I move it
> >over and when a call comes in where mail is disappearing, they can't do a
> >sendmail -v and some of the traditional processes so I would like to keep
> >some very basic rules like all aliases are in /etc/aliases, users can't
> >make up variations of their username and have them work as email
> >addresses, etc....
>
> What about those pesky .qmail (or .forward) files? Your tech crew
> might not be able to follow them. Are you going to outlaw them, too?
sendmail -v follows those around and lays out the whole story.
> That's not a good test for system administration decisions. By
> reducto ad absurdum you'd end up with no system to administer. Sure,
> that'd be "easier", but you'd be out of a job.
I'm in no shortage of b.s. to put up with. I could come up with witty
replies for the rest of it, but I get the idea and this thread is turning
into something else. Thanks for the help.
-andy
