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Re: traceroute vs. traceroute6



On Fri, Jul 28, 2000 at 08:45:04PM -0300, Nicol?s Lichtmaier wrote:
> > 
> > What about /usr/sbin/sendmail? I sometimes use it as a user on systems that
> > I don't administer.  Should it be moved to /usr/bin using your argument?
> 
>  No, because sendmail isn't meant to be called by end users. `mail' is the
> traditional interface to sendmail, and it's in /usr/bin. `traceroute' is a
> user program, designed for users, and used by users... it obviously belongs
> to /usr/bin.

End users certainly can use sendmail for legitimate business as I have just
pointed out to you.
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