Giovanni, May I make a recommendation?
The great thing about open source software is that it lets you make changes that you need to. In my case there are a few of things I'm looking for which courier doesn't do. However, rather than ask Sam, or anybody else to take up their valuable time working on code for me, I am making the changes myself. Then, when I have test them and know they work, I'll submit a patch. Then, if the patch is deemed to fit with the overall goal and scope of the software, it may get integrated. If it doesn't, I won't be sore, because that's not what its all about. Courier is not perfect. But its a hell of a lot better than starting from scratch. I would shudder to think at the numbers of hours that Sam and the rest of the Courier community have spent tweaking and modding the software to make it good. LOTS. But, it came from people making needed changes, then submitting those changes back to the community, not from asking other people to make changes for them. It doesn't work that way. Not open source software. If you want somebody to complain to, and have them make changes based on your needs, buy a commercial software and become a paying customer. Even then, you will find that your complaints will mostly fall on deaf ears. Only with them, you have not option. You CAN'T make any changes yourself. So, if you have issues with the software, go ahead and make the changes yourself. If you have questions on how to do stuff, ask the group. They will be(usually) more than happy to help. Do NOT ask people who are writing software for free, on their free time, to do it for you. Not because its wrong(though I personally feel it is), but because it won't achieve anything. It will just be a waste of your energy and everybody else's energy. Be proactive. We'll help out. Be reactive and negative, and you will most likely get flamed and harrassed. just a recommendation. bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Giovanni Panozzo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 12:55 PM Subject: Re: [courier-users] Re: RFC compliance: goodbye to courier MTA > On Tue, 11 Mar 2003 18:35:00 -0500 > Sam Varshavchik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Giovanni Panozzo writes: > > > > > and that solved most, but not all, of my problems: > > > > > > a) Every HTML message sent ftom Outlook Express 5.5 Italian has > > > an invalid 8bit section at the beginning. > > > > File a bug report with Microsoft. As you've noted, normally illegal 8-bit > > content gets rejected. Now, it is acceptable, but an IMAP client is > > explicitly notified that the 8bit content uses an unknown character set. > > Be more realistic Sam. Despite M$ has already corrected the bug in OE6.0, > there are too many Italian OE5.5 around. We cannot force hundreds of > unknown people with low IT knowledge to change its client: the customer > will simply complain, complain, and > complain again with our (small) helpdesk, and then change ISP. > And this mean MONEY LOSS and TIME LOSS and UNSATISFIED CUSTOMER. > > The matter is simple in my point of view: Courier must accept malformed MIME > messages or I'll change MTA. Changing MTA is much simpler and cheaper > than changing hundred of OE5.5 around ! > > > > > > b) Some MIME body boundaries in OE5.5 italian for Macintosh > > > are invalid. (maybe it's a CR-without-LF matter ???) > > > > > > [if you need, I'll send you the message text of the offending mail] > > > > > > > > > Now, I have only some untested "syntax errors" to solve, but > > > I have no data now. Looking into my logs, I see 20-30 correctly > > > signaled "syntax error" per day, but some customer complained > > > about it. I think the lack of "<>" around the RCPT TO: is the cause, > > > as stated in the FAQs. > > > > Correct. RFC 821 requires <> around the address. > > But RFC1958, paragraph 3.9, requires that Courier accepts it ! > > > Giovanni > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by:Crypto Challenge is now open! > Get cracking and register here for some mind boggling fun and > the chance of winning an Apple iPod: > http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0031en > _______________________________________________ > courier-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by:Crypto Challenge is now open! Get cracking and register here for some mind boggling fun and the chance of winning an Apple iPod: http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0031en _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
