Re: [courier-users] Re: RFC compliance: goodbye to courier MTA

2003-03-12 Thread Jerry Amundson
David Ehle wrote: areas are entirely different skill sets. Complimentary but seperate. True. BTW. This is getting off topic. True. Regarding RFC compliance - Its a good thing. But it is more important to get your mail. PHB's don't accept or understand the idea that its MS's fault. If they can s

Re: [courier-users] Re: RFC compliance: goodbye to courier MTA

2003-03-12 Thread David Ehle
I have to agree with Chris on this. This was several year ago, but you could get a CS degree from a major state school in Indiana without knowing how to install a ethernet card. Hopefully this has changed but at one time a the computer science department produced people who could program fluentl

Re: [courier-users] Re: RFC compliance: goodbye to courier MTA

2003-03-12 Thread Brian Candler
On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 09:32:30PM +0530, Bill Long wrote: > I am probably wrong, but it seems to me that the origin of Courier was that > of a single individual who built himself a program that he needed. Then was > kind enough to open it up to the rest of the world. I'm wondering if there > is a

Re: [courier-users] Re: RFC compliance: goodbye to courier MTA

2003-03-12 Thread Chris Berry
From: "Peter C. Norton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I am a system administrator, not a programmer. The difference between the two is mainly one of job description, and shouldn't be one of understanding how programs work or how to modify them. I strongly disagree, an SA must be able to program, but that d

Re: [courier-users] Re: RFC compliance: goodbye to courier MTA

2003-03-12 Thread Jason Haar
On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 06:35:00PM -0500, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > 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. Sam, I h

Re: [courier-users] Re: RFC compliance: goodbye to courier MTA

2003-03-12 Thread Peter C. Norton
On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 11:47:36AM -0500, Bowie Bailey wrote: > Sounds good in principle, but keep in mind that not everyone who uses open > source software is capable of making changes to a complex piece of C code. > I am a system administrator, not a programmer. The difference between the two

RE: [courier-users] Re: RFC compliance: goodbye to courier MTA

2003-03-12 Thread Bowie Bailey
From: Bill Long [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 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

Re: [courier-users] Re: RFC compliance: goodbye to courier MTA

2003-03-12 Thread Bill
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 03/12/03 at 10:03 AM, "MikeM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >On 3/12/03 at 2:23 PM Gregor Lawatscheck wrote: >|Wouldn't it be great to have >|compatibility as a further advantage on the list of features? I think so. > = >One of the reasons I use Courier i

Re: [courier-users] Re: RFC compliance: goodbye to courier MTA

2003-03-12 Thread Bill Long
the group (for wasting bandwidth). If I'm not wrong, then I hope my point is made in a non-insulting manner. :) bill - Original Message - From: "Gregor Lawatscheck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 7:53 PM Subj

Re: [courier-users] Re: RFC compliance: goodbye to courier MTA

2003-03-12 Thread MikeM
On 3/12/03 at 2:23 PM Gregor Lawatscheck wrote: |Wouldn't it be great to have |compatibility as a further advantage on the list of features? I think so. = One of the reasons I use Courier is precisely because it tracks the standards well. There is enough shoddy, mediocre, RFC-igno

Re: [courier-users] Re: RFC compliance: goodbye to courier MTA

2003-03-12 Thread Gregor Lawatscheck
At 09:02 12/03/2003, you wrote: 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 ta

Re: [courier-users] Re: RFC compliance: goodbye to courier MTA

2003-03-12 Thread Bill Long
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 solv

Re: [courier-users] Re: RFC compliance: goodbye to courier MTA

2003-03-11 Thread Giovanni Panozzo
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