> -----Original Message----
> From: Dave Sill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 1999 3:25 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: What is *really* going on?
>
>
> "Scott D. Yelich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >Right, but remember... you must know approximately 80% of qmail just to
> >make it useful for you -- whereas the number was quoted to be about 20%
> >for sendwhale.
>
> Hogwash. These 20%/80% numbers are pulled from thin air. Even if they
> were accurate, though, 20% of sendmail is probably on the same order
> of complexity as 80% of qmail.
I have been studying sendmail for a while now, I bought that expensive
O'Reilly book. After reading that, studying it, and reading about QMail, it
was apparent that to do any of the things I wanted to do, virtual hosting,
particularly, I should use QMail.
Although I have been having a bear of a time getting the basic, "send an
email", "recieve an email", "get an email from the outside world" working
with QMail and QMail pop3d, once got QMail itself running (due to the
Memphis RPM) it took me very little time to set up a host for my Linux box
"cybergood.net", several virtual hosts, "vmail.cybergood.net",
"virtual.cybergood.net", "creativepeople.cybergood.net",
"hatewatch.cybergood.net". I have set up several autoforwded emails for
people, that both collect mail (in a Maildir) and forward them along.
This configuration is very straightforward, simple, and direct. The same
kinds of things (well, maybe not the autoforwarding) are very difficult in
sendmail. This is the stuff I WANT to be straightforward and easy. This is
the liberating part of email I want and want to provide to others.
>
> >You know, one big bad@$$ computer company is where it is now because it
> >allowed any such idiot to install software by simply clicking the little
> >"ok" box.
The problem with Microsoft's easy installation is not the fact that any
idiot can do it, it's that NO GENIUS can properly undo it. Configuration
management and control is practically impossible in Windows, everything
leaks, users aren't separated properly, and the standard of reliability is
lower than that Jr. High School science projects.
I have been struggling for 2 weeks reading, learning, and experimenting with
email setups, not because the damn struggle is good for my mind but because
I know the on my LINUX box the end result will be worth the effort, and I
will be FREE to provide email services to my friends, and not-for-profit
groups I support, with a reliable and flexible system.
That has NEVER been true in my struggles with Windows. It's always been a
waste of my valuable time.
>
> DJB should emulate Microsoft? Har, har.
>
> -Dave
>
