On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 08:04:00AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > On Wed, 6 Aug 2003 09:27:10 -0500 > Steve Langasek <vorlon@netexpress.net> wrote: > > And is a much better choice than expecting every user to locally > > configure smtp settings in the MUA. Lack of direct-SMTP support in mutt > > is a good thing. > Yeah because entering "smtp.isp.com" is just so trying for most people. > And what if the local user wants to use a remote SMTP server for some reason? > Hmmmm. Sorry, that's the admin's job to configure. If the user and the admin are one and the same, why does it matter if the configuration is done in a local or a global config file? (sudo dpkg-reconfigure ...) And if the user is /not/ an admin, ... wasn't there a thread about usability issues lurking here just a minute ago? -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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