Re: Debian recommended software

1999-10-03 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sun, Oct 03, 1999 at 01:00:44PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote: > procmail is used by many users, because they can install it on their > own and do not have to rely on a specific MTA and the documentation is > far better for procmail than for exim's MDA features. Really? I find the exim filter sp

Re: Debian recommended software

1999-10-03 Thread Edward Betts
Alexander Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Transport-wise: > > |local_delivery: > | driver = pipe > | command="/usr/bin/procmail" > | umask=0022 > > (This can be enhanced with a "required_files = ~/:~/.procmailrc" or > any such things (needing the procmail binary itself, the other > transpo

Debian recommended software

1999-10-03 Thread Matthias Klose
Edward Betts writes: > It is the same for other things like list server. I used berolist to start > with, and it is terrible. Then I tried smartlist, and it was great. The > problem is there are so many to look at. don't know the two, mailman is another (for the user easy to use) alternative.

Re: Debian recommended software

1999-10-03 Thread Alexander Koch
On Sat, 2 October 1999 15:13:12 +0200, Martin Bialasinski wrote: > exim has its own filter facility, that is easier to understand and use > by new users. Yep. And what is needed by procmail is the following: Transport-wise: |local_delivery: | driver = pipe | command="/usr/bin/procmail" | uma

Re: Debian recommended software (moving off-topic)

1999-10-02 Thread Josip Rodin
On Sat, Oct 02, 1999 at 04:59:35PM +0200, Martin Bialasinski wrote: > Whatever, I won't restart this thread again. I wouldn't touch wuftp > with a 10ft pole. I switched to proftpd, when there was a hole in many > ftpds (creating a very deep directory hierarchy), the fix for proftpd > was available

Re: Debian recommended software

1999-10-02 Thread Laurel Fan
Excerpts from debian: 2-Oct-99 Debian recommended software by Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I understand it would be almost impossible for Debian to > provided a list of software we all recommend, because we > are all individuals and would disagree, > but here is my list: While this ha

Re: Debian recommended software (moving off-topic)

1999-10-02 Thread Martin Bialasinski
* "Edward" == Edward Betts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Edward> Martin Bialasinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Edward> MDA: procmail Edward> This is standard priority, but exim is not configured to use it, people have Edward> to mess with .forward files. >> >> exim has its own filter facility, th

Re: Debian recommended software (moving off-topic)

1999-10-02 Thread Edward Betts
Martin Bialasinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > * "Edward" == Edward Betts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Edward> MDA: procmail > Edward> This is standard priority, but exim is not configured to use it, > people have > Edward> to mess with .forward files. > > exim has its own filter facility,

Re: Debian recommended software

1999-10-02 Thread Martin Bialasinski
* "Edward" == Edward Betts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Edward> MDA: procmail Edward> This is standard priority, but exim is not configured to use it, people have Edward> to mess with .forward files. exim has its own filter facility, that is easier to understand and use by new users. Edward> li

Debian recommended software

1999-10-02 Thread Edward Betts
Martin Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I switched to lftp myself at the time of the previous ncftp license issue, > > and haven't looked back. Is there anything in ncftp that lftp doesn't have? > > If there isn't, I'd say just drop it. >