I'm sorry, but I disagree: Dan's distribution methods and this list are
probably driving more people away from using a decent MTA than it's helping.
- jeremy
--
...and only this one holy medium brings me peace of mind.
- Tool
----- Original Message -----
From: Amitai Schlair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 2:19 PM
Subject: Re: Quality of this List
> asantos wrote:
>
> > 1) Dan's anti-packaging policy (which in fact creates most of the newbie
> > queries, therefore defeating the simplicity of support argument)
>
> I disagree. Newbies create newbie queries. At the risk of sounding like
> a BOFH, I'll press further: if qmail were to become even easier to
> install, more newbies would figure they could handle the job of running
> it, and we'd have _more_ newbie queries from people who, after
> installing, discovered the reality that it's _not_ easy to run a mail
> server.
>
> (Though, IMO, qmail makes the task relatively easy -- that's why I run
> it.)
>
> > Given the above, it is no wonder that people increasingly use sendmail
or
> > such.
>
> Is this a verifiable conclusion? Where can I see some data?
>
> - Amitai
>
