Re: Frank Carmickle and Marco Paganini must die
On Tue, 2004-09-21 at 12:06 -0700, Adam McKenna wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 21, 2004 at 01:08:20PM -0500, Steve Greenland wrote:
> > On 20-Sep-04, 17:39 (CDT), Adam McKenna <adam@flounder.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > As far as 'jumping through hoops', setting up and properly maintaining your
> > > own SMTP server is a pretty big 'hoop' for most people, even those who
> > > consider themselves to be technically competent.
> >
> > If it's so hard, why do we insist that every new Debian install include
> > exim?
>
> No idea.
>
> > If running a SMTP server from a dynamic IP host is so wrong, why do we
> > insist that every new Debian install include exim?
>
> It's not wrong, it's just (IMO) the wrong solution to the problem we are
> discussing here. Or at least not the best solution.
>
> > (Yes, I know that one can work around it. But exactly the people who are
> > likely to take the defaults on the install are the ones that Adam is
> > complaining about.)
>
> The only thing I'm complaining about is the people who feel the need to whine
> that mail from their dynamic IP is being rejected.
I find they're no where near as annoying as those who send an email,
expect a reply which they then bounce because it came from a dynamic IP,
and then proceed to start complaining about being ignored by role
accounts.
Pasc
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