Global Homes Webmaster wrote: >That, of course, begs the question of what kind of future does SIMS have, >really? With the platform that it runs on effectively dead-ended, it >wouldn't seem to make much sense for a commercial software developer like >Stalker to continue to develop a free product like SIMS too far beyond >where it is currently. Stalker has been extremely generous in giving us >SIMS but I don't think we should have any reasonable expectation that >development will continue for the product in its present form. On the other >hand, insofar as SIMS is an introductory product to Stalker's commercial >offerings (the first taste is free... ;-] ), perhaps they would consider a >SIMS or SIMS-like program for OS X. > This has been tossed around on the list several times in the past. I've not seen a compelling argument for SIMS OS X yet.
Basically, there are at least three very good free mailserver solutions for OS X, sendmail, postfix, and exim. Sendmail is a bugbear of complexity, but both postfix and exim (well, I have only anecdotal evidence with exim) are pretty straight forward. A SIMS user could easily convert to one or the other of these, and they offer many advantages that SIMS simply isn't designed for. So, making a GUI mailserver with the SIMS feature set for OS X would be pretty silly when it would have far less features that then existing sendmail installed by default. If you need a GUI interface in OS X there is always webmin. is it SIMS? No, but it's quite usable. And while it is true that OS 9 is a dead-end, there are still LOTS of machines out there that can serve as mailservers without having to upgrade to OS X (and the hardware that takes). ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
