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On Monday 19 April 2010 21:07:47 Mick wrote: |
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> On Monday 19 April 2010 15:49:34 Grant Edwards wrote: |
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> > On 2010-04-19, Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> > > On 2010-04-18 6:27 PM, Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> > >> On Sunday 18 April 2010 22:06:44 Mick wrote: |
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> > >>> I was reminded that I do not understand sendmail enough for my |
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> > >>> liking. |
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> > >> |
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> > >> Does anybody? |
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> > > |
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> > ><flame-protect> |
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> > > |
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> > > That's why Wietse invented postfix. |
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> > > |
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> > ></flame-protect> |
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> > I gave up on sendmail about 12 years ago and switched to qmail and/or |
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> > postfix. I didn't know anybody was still using sendmail. Is it the |
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> > default MTA for any of the popular Linux distros? |
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> I am not sure if it is a default MTA but I have a CentOS server which comes |
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> with it. I guess it's one of these masochistic things that either decide |
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> to completely avoid learning (like emacs?!) or once you start you don't |
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> want to let it beat you! :-)) |
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I recall this old quip: |
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You are not a real Unix sysadmin till you have written a sendmail.cf by hand. |
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You are insane to attempt it twice. |
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;-) |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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