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Re: Frank Carmickle and Marco Paganini must die



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.

--Adam
-- 
Adam McKenna  <adam@debian.org>  <adam@flounder.net>



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