On Monday 25 August 2003 05:50 pm, Guillaume Rousse wrote: > Ainsi parlait Luca Berra : > > what should be done for the distro (a bit late for 9.2, but mandrakesoft > > should think about next release) is adding a decent program (i'd call it > > mailerdrake) to mcc that is used to configure postfix, amavisd, > > spamassassin, cyrus (or courier, or dovecot). > > Is this really a good idea to add wizards, gui and other newbies-oriented > assistant for software as mail servers, DNS, and other real stuff that have > an impact on other computer users ? > > I don't mind if Joe User setup a web server through such a click-o-magic > without ever reading a manual, howto or anything related to network > computing, cause if he's wrong he will only trash his computer. But i don't > want to get spammed just because the same Joe User decided he could play > with a new toy he found in mcc and setup an open-relay SMTP...
Shouldn't be THAT big a deal to at least default so that it isn't an open relay. Most newbees won't change EVERYTHING all at once - they'll experiment by changing a few things to get set up. So make the default that it DOESN'T start unless enabled.. and if it IS enabled, it isn't an open relay. In the mean time, a properly written wizard might help a newbee learn what the settings mean and help him get features up and running that aren't available in windoze. V.
