Argh... I hoped I was done.
On Mon, Oct 25, 1999 at 05:10:21AM -0400, Mike Bilow wrote:
> My point is that running things from the console generally involves
> issues of trust, ownership, and the like. A "trusted user" has
> a particuar technical meaning for Sendmail. By contrast, SMTP
> connectio
On Sun, 24 Oct 1999, Raul Miller wrote:
> We're picking nits, so I expect that this will be my last message to
> the bug tracking system on this topic.
OK. I think it would be wise to keep focused on the fact that most people
are going to be installing the "cgi-scripts" package entirely for tuto
We're picking nits, so I expect that this will be my last message to
the bug tracking system on this topic.
> On Sun, 24 Oct 1999, Raul Miller wrote:
> > What is the advantage of introducing a complex syntax which is not
> > robust?
On Sun, Oct 24, 1999 at 03:52:07PM -0400, Mike Bilow wrote:
> In
On Sun, 24 Oct 1999, Raul Miller wrote:
> What is the advantage of introducing a complex syntax which is not
> robust?
In my opinion, using Net::SMTP as I outlined is at least as robust as
invoking Sendmail directly, and provides several improvements.
1. There is no need to have any mail system
On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, Raul Miller wrote:
> > However, I disagree with the thought process which suggests that Net::SMTP
> > is in any way a replacement for sendmail. The semantics are totally
> > different (sendmail queues while Net::SMTP does not).
On Sun, Oct 24, 1999 at 02:06:26AM -0400, Mike B
On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, Raul Miller wrote:
> However, I disagree with the thought process which suggests that Net::SMTP
> is in any way a replacement for sendmail. The semantics are totally
> different (sendmail queues while Net::SMTP does not).
I think Net::SMTP should be used in all cases. Wheth
On Mon, Oct 18, 1999 at 03:42:09AM -0400, Mike Bilow wrote:
> For example, the 'mailto.pl' script dating from 1995 is mostly an example
> of how to crack a query string and exec 'sendmail,' neither of which are
> especially good ideas. As of Perl 5, the 'CGI.pm' module is a standard
> component an
Package: cgi-scripts
Version: 1.0.9
Severity: Normal
My opinion, for what it may be worth, is that the example programs in
'cgi-scripts' are in several cases so far out of date that they represent
what are considered bad practice in modern CGI technique.
For example, the 'mailto.pl' script dating
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