Mark Goodge:
> On 14/10/2011 08:13, Peter wrote:
> >
> > ...and when someone comes into the #postfix IRC channel (like they did
> > earlier today) seeking help because they read that last sentence in the
> > docs and thought, "I have a dedicated server, I should set that to
> > 'enforce'." and I lo
On 10/14/2011 2:37 AM, Mark Goodge wrote:
> FWIW, I agree with Peter here. The documentation should avoid using
> terminology where the contemporary meaning is significantly different to
> the traditional meaning, otherwise there will always be scope for
> misunderstanding.
>
> I'd rewrite that l
Am 14.10.2011 08:58, schrieb Stan Hoeppner:
> On 10/13/2011 10:04 PM, Peter wrote:
>
>> This is what I (and I think most people) understand "dedicated server"
>> to mean. There must be a better term for this that is less confusing.
>
> This is a result of your limited background and education
On 14/10/2011 08:13, Peter wrote:
...and when someone comes into the #postfix IRC channel (like they did
earlier today) seeking help because they read that last sentence in the
docs and thought, "I have a dedicated server, I should set that to
'enforce'." and I looked at that section of the docs
On 14/10/11 19:58, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> This is a result of your limited background and education Peter. The
> term "server" was used to describe a software program's role long before
> hardware companies adopted the word "server" to describe a class of
> machines.
You don't know me or my backg
On 10/13/2011 10:04 PM, Peter wrote:
> This is what I (and I think most people) understand "dedicated server"
> to mean. There must be a better term for this that is less confusing.
This is a result of your limited background and education Peter. The
term "server" was used to describe a softwar
On 14/10/11 15:51, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> On the public internet you can't force remote SMTP servers to use
> encryption when connecting to your server, because very few, if any,
> public SMTP servers implement outbound encryption in this way. Most
> send in plain text, and always have. For insta
On 10/13/2011 9:24 PM, Peter wrote:
> from postconf(5) for smtpd_tls_security_level=encrypt:
>
>> Mandatory TLS encryption: announce STARTTLS support to SMTP
>> clients, and require that clients use TLS encryption. According to
>> RFC 2487 this MUST NOT be applied in case of a publicly-referenc
from postconf(5) for smtpd_tls_security_level=encrypt:
> Mandatory TLS encryption: announce STARTTLS support to SMTP
> clients, and require that clients use TLS encryption. According to
> RFC 2487 this MUST NOT be applied in case of a publicly-referenced
> SMTP server. Instead, this option shou
