Problem: controlling/configuring smtp and submission independently is difficult, if not impossible.
Is there are reason why there *shouldn't* be separate tcprules files? I see no advantage to having them share the same one. Erik Espinoza wrote: > A BSD admin that can take qmailtoaster and make it run on BSD can > implmenet a firewall policy using ipf. > > I don't think having two tcp.smtp's is going to help, it doesn't seem > to solve any problems we are having. > > > Erik > > On 1/31/07, Alexey Loukianov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Greetings, Eric. >> >> 31 января 2007 г., 22:05:38 you have wrote: >> >> > Alexey Loukianov wrote: >> >> Greetings, Erik. >> >> >> >> 31 ?????? 2007 ?., 6:02:20 you have wrote: >> >>>> Separate tcprules file for submission port seems to me as a better >> >>>> approach. It keeps administration of QT flexible and unified, and >> also >> >>>> it is more cross-platforming way, as tcpserver works on any platform >> >>>> qmail can run on, while iptables is available only on linux systems >> >>>> based on kernels 2.4.x and later. >> >> >> >>> Who cares? We don't even support Debian. . . :) >> >> >> >> Me, for example ;-D. A friend of mine, also a system engineer, >> >> administer small FreeBSD based cluster, and he uses QT in his setup. >> >> Accordingly to his words, it wasn't too hard to build and install RPM >> >> system on his BSD boxes, and then to correct specs so basic QT parts >> >> builds up and install successfully. >> >> >> >> Well, in any case we can always create tcp.submission ourselves, just >> >> like I do it for tcp.pop3 ;-D. But the laziness of sysadmin is the >> >> thing that makes me want tcp.submission to be included in stock >> >> toaster. >> >> >> > I agree with Alexey on this. Besides which, wouldn't it be nice to >> have QT >> > on BSD as well? I wonder if Alexey's friend would care to contribute >> in this >> > area. >> >> It is not so easy, as BSD way is not to use RPMS, while main toaster >> advantage is it's RPM nature. A friend of mine came to BSD world from >> RedHad based linux distros, that is why he uses RPM even on BSD - it >> is just a matter of habbit. >> >> Well, it is still possible to port QT on BSD and distribute is as a >> bunch of tarballs if we will find some BSD geek who will want to >> maintenance it. But I don't think it is a urgent task for qt-dev team >> ;-D. >> >> -- >> Best Regards, >> Alexey Loukianov mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> Software Development Department, >> Lavtech Corp >> http://mnogo.ru, http://lavtech.ru >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted <http://www.vr.org> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> -- -Eric 'shubes' --------------------------------------------------------------------- QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted <http://www.vr.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
