Bug#4064: sendmail should recommend deliver, not depend

1996-08-13 Thread Chris Fearnley
'Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote:' > >You (Michael Shields) wrote: >> Package: sendmail >> Version: 8.7.5-4 >> >> sendmail depends on deliver. However, in at least two common >> configurations -- null client, and delivery by procmail -- it will run >> perfectly without deliver. sendmail should only

Re: Bug#4064: sendmail should recommend deliver, not depend

1996-08-10 Thread Ian Jackson
Lars Wirzenius writes ("Re: Bug#4064: sendmail should recommend deliver, not depend "): > [...]Hackers can use --force. [...] No. When I implemented --force I thought people might start to take this line, but luckily I've been largely wrong so far. That's not wha

Re: Bug#4064: sendmail should recommend deliver, not depend

1996-08-09 Thread Lars Wirzenius
Richard Kaszeta: > Please, don't 'depend' on things unless they are *really* needed. OTOH, if not depending on it will let inexperienced people get easily in trouble, then by all means do depend on something that isn't strictly needed. Hackers can use --force. E = Nu * Tu + Nh * Th where

Bug#4064: sendmail should recommend deliver, not depend

1996-08-09 Thread Richard Kaszeta
>One could introduce another virtual package (e.g., local-mail), have sendmail >depend on this. Both procmail and deliver could provide this package. Sounds >like a bit of an overkill for this problem, though. Umm, no. There are many ways of configuring sendmail, and a number of these (includin

Bug#4064: sendmail should recommend deliver, not depend

1996-08-09 Thread Lukas Nellen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > You (Michael Shields) wrote: ... > > perfectly without deliver. sendmail should only recommend it. > > And as a result you can install sendmail without deliver and your > mail installation won't work at all.. One could introduce another virtual package (e.g., local-mail

Bug#4064: sendmail should recommend deliver, not depend

1996-08-08 Thread Michael Shields
At 1996-08-07 09:57 +, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: >You (Michael Shields) wrote: >> Package: sendmail >> Version: 8.7.5-4 >> >> sendmail depends on deliver. However, in at least two common >> configurations -- null client, and delivery by procmail -- it will run >> perfectly without deliver.

Bug#4064: sendmail should recommend deliver, not depend

1996-08-07 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
You (Michael Shields) wrote: > Package: sendmail > Version: 8.7.5-4 > > sendmail depends on deliver. However, in at least two common > configurations -- null client, and delivery by procmail -- it will run > perfectly without deliver. sendmail should only recommend it. And as a result you can i

Bug#4064: sendmail should recommend deliver, not depend

1996-08-07 Thread Michael Shields
Package: sendmail Version: 8.7.5-4 sendmail depends on deliver. However, in at least two common configurations -- null client, and delivery by procmail -- it will run perfectly without deliver. sendmail should only recommend it. -- Shields, CrossLink.