Re: Debian recommended software

1999-10-03 Thread Alexander Koch
On Sat, 2 October 1999 15:13:12 +0200, Martin Bialasinski wrote: exim has its own filter facility, that is easier to understand and use by new users. Yep. And what is needed by procmail is the following: Transport-wise: |local_delivery: | driver = pipe | command=/usr/bin/procmail |

Debian recommended software

1999-10-03 Thread Matthias Klose
Edward Betts writes: It is the same for other things like list server. I used berolist to start with, and it is terrible. Then I tried smartlist, and it was great. The problem is there are so many to look at. don't know the two, mailman is another (for the user easy to use) alternative.

Re: Debian recommended software

1999-10-03 Thread Edward Betts
Alexander Koch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Transport-wise: |local_delivery: | driver = pipe | command=/usr/bin/procmail | umask=0022 (This can be enhanced with a required_files = ~/:~/.procmailrc or any such things (needing the procmail binary itself, the other transport (the old

Re: Debian recommended software

1999-10-03 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sun, Oct 03, 1999 at 01:00:44PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote: procmail is used by many users, because they can install it on their own and do not have to rely on a specific MTA and the documentation is far better for procmail than for exim's MDA features. Really? I find the exim filter

Debian recommended software

1999-10-02 Thread Edward Betts
Martin Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\) [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I switched to lftp myself at the time of the previous ncftp license issue, and haven't looked back. Is there anything in ncftp that lftp doesn't have? If there isn't, I'd say just drop it. I did

Re: Debian recommended software

1999-10-02 Thread Martin Bialasinski
* Edward == Edward Betts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Edward MDA: procmail Edward This is standard priority, but exim is not configured to use it, people have Edward to mess with .forward files. exim has its own filter facility, that is easier to understand and use by new users. Edward list

Re: Debian recommended software (moving off-topic)

1999-10-02 Thread Edward Betts
Martin Bialasinski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Edward == Edward Betts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Edward MDA: procmail Edward This is standard priority, but exim is not configured to use it, people have Edward to mess with .forward files. exim has its own filter facility, that is easier

Re: Debian recommended software (moving off-topic)

1999-10-02 Thread Martin Bialasinski
* Edward == Edward Betts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Edward Martin Bialasinski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Edward MDA: procmail Edward This is standard priority, but exim is not configured to use it, people have Edward to mess with .forward files. exim has its own filter facility, that is easier

Re: Debian recommended software

1999-10-02 Thread Laurel Fan
Excerpts from debian: 2-Oct-99 Debian recommended software by Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] I understand it would be almost impossible for Debian to provided a list of software we all recommend, because we are all individuals and would disagree, but here is my list: While this has nothing

Re: Debian recommended software (moving off-topic)

1999-10-02 Thread Josip Rodin
On Sat, Oct 02, 1999 at 04:59:35PM +0200, Martin Bialasinski wrote: Whatever, I won't restart this thread again. I wouldn't touch wuftp with a 10ft pole. I switched to proftpd, when there was a hole in many ftpds (creating a very deep directory hierarchy), the fix for proftpd was available