On Wed, 3 Jun 1998, Craig Sanders wrote: > On Tue, 2 Jun 1998, Jules Bean wrote: > > > > The solution of course is to extend the m4 stuff to support all the > > > things linuxconf does, but that's not so easy. Also, note that > > > slackware didn't at last look have m4 sendmailconfig. Another > > > example of where slackware is doing more harm than good these days > > > by not adopting things the rest of the world has... =p > > > > This sounds foolish to me. > > > > The solution is to switch to a better designed mailer (exim springs to > > mind) with easier to manage configuration. > > yes, that's a perfect solution.....for those who choose to use exim. it > does absolutely nothing at all for those who prefer to use sendmail. >
True. But I was answering the suggestion (chopped, unfortunately, which was foolish of me) that a user-friendly front-end to sendmail would solve one of Linux's (and Debian's in particular) PR problems. I was simply pointing out that if simple mail configuration *in particular* is a goal, then sendmail may not be the best MTA. I certainly would support efforts for a sendmail.cf configuration utility. > > BTW, the fact that you don't understand sendmail doesn't prevent others > from doing so. sendmail really isn't that difficult, and is simpler in > some ways because you don't have multiple config files scattered across > multiple directories. > Thanks for the advice. Actually, I understand sendmail very well indeed, and it is on the basis of that understanding that I suggest exim is an improvement. My expertise, I confess, is limited to the use of an MTA as a delivery agent for an organisation catering for a very large number of domains, and I have no experience with setting up an MTA in a single-user, dynamic IP situation (although my instincts suggest that sendmail is not entirely appropriate in this case either). > sendmail.mc and the sendmailconfig script are mind-bogglingly simple to > use, and will get a working configuration for 99% of cases in a minute > or two. As far as I am aware, the 'out-of-the-box' exim configuration works. It did for me. I didn't have to configure it at all initially - I have now done so, to support some other domains, and I'm impressed by the clear and simple design. Jules /----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------\ | Jelibean aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 6 Evelyn Rd | | Jules aka | | Richmond, Surrey | | Julian Bean | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TW9 2TF *UK* | +----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------+ | War doesn't demonstrate who's right... just who's left. | | When privacy is outlawed... only the outlaws have privacy. | \----------------------------------------------------------------------/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]