Re: executive parser (was: Re: spf configuration woes)

2011-11-06 Thread Simon Brereton
>> > Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 9:41 AM >> > To: postfix-users@postfix.org >> > Cc: /dev/rob0 >> > Subject: Re: executive parser (was: Re: spf configuration woes) >> > >> > Just to add weight to my last posting - the use of a " &quo

Re: executive parser

2011-11-06 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 06.11.2011 10:39, schrieb David Southwell: > Agreed. It is possible to comprehend postfix's documentation given plenty of > time to concemntrate upon it. Unfortunately most administrators cannot give > that degree of attention to every piece of software. than they are doing the wrong job!

Re: executive parser

2011-11-06 Thread David Southwell
On Sunday 06 November 2011 02:29:30 Reindl Harald wrote: > Am 06.11.2011 10:22, schrieb David Southwell: > > IMHO Postfix needs to add to its goals a determination to make > > configuration a breeze rather than a challenge. That means diagnostic > > and corrective parsers and or an html based confi

Re: executive parser

2011-11-06 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 06.11.2011 10:22, schrieb David Southwell: > IMHO Postfix needs to add to its goals a determination to make configuration > a > breeze rather than a challenge. That means diagnostic and corrective parsers > and or an html based configuration interface. so and now i will tell you that i h

Re: executive parser

2011-11-06 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 06.11.2011 10:22, schrieb David Southwell: > Hence thoughtful engineers incorporate diagnostic parsers and html > configuration tools. IMHO postfix has been very slow to develop an apporocah > which places the needs of system administrators in the forefront of its > development strategy. w

Re: executive parser (was: Re: spf configuration woes)

2011-11-06 Thread David Southwell
stfix-users@postfix.org > > Cc: /dev/rob0 > > Subject: Re: executive parser (was: Re: spf configuration woes) > > > > Just to add weight to my last posting - the use of a " " as a critical > > symbol is really quite idiotic. What cannot be seen should neve

RE: executive parser (was: Re: spf configuration woes)

2011-11-05 Thread Murray S. Kucherawy
> -Original Message- > From: owner-postfix-us...@postfix.org > [mailto:owner-postfix-us...@postfix.org] On Behalf Of David Southwell > Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 9:41 AM > To: postfix-users@postfix.org > Cc: /dev/rob0 > Subject: Re: executive parser (was: Re: s

Re: executive parser

2011-11-05 Thread Richard Damon
On 11/5/11 12:40 PM, David Southwell wrote: Just to add weight to my last posting - the use of a " " as a critical symbol is really quite idiotic. What cannot be seen should never be that significant! Since it is an integral part of the Mail Format RFC (RFC 2822) as the way to indicate that hea

Re: executive parser

2011-11-05 Thread Daniele Nicolodi
On 05/11/11 17:30, David Southwell wrote: > The problem you identify in subsequent lines, has its roots in postfix's > rather primitive formatting structure. > > If it were replace by something like: > {submission (variant,modifier [connector] data ) > (variant = data) > (varian

Re: executive parser

2011-11-05 Thread Daniele Nicolodi
On 05/11/11 17:40, David Southwell wrote: > Just to add weight to my last posting - the use of a " " as a critical symbol > is really quite idiotic. What cannot be seen should never be that significant! Telling people, member of an affirmed community, that what they are currently doing is idiotic

Re: executive parser (was: Re: spf configuration woes)

2011-11-05 Thread David Southwell
Just to add weight to my last posting - the use of a " " as a critical symbol is really quite idiotic. What cannot be seen should never be that significant!

Re: executive parser (was: Re: spf configuration woes)

2011-11-05 Thread David Southwell
On Saturday 05 November 2011 07:50:58 /dev/rob0 wrote: > I have cut all the irrelevant and whiny crap from the quotes, and I > ask that others please not continue that off-topic and useless > discussion. One part of this, q.v., deserves to be addressed. > > On Saturday 05 November 2011 09:03:18 Da