Re: jessie release goals
On 2013-05-07 23:54:36 +0800, Thomas Goirand wrote:
> On 05/07/2013 04:00 AM, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > This can be fine for some daemons/servers. For instance, for a web
> > server, displaying a default web page is harmless. But what about a
> > mail server? Any default config would probably lead to loss of mail
> > if things like virtual alias domains are used.
> If you set your MX pointer before setting-up your mail server,
> then it's your fault if you loose some mails, and not at all
> the fault of the way postfix (for example) is packaged.
In one case, this was after a full reinstallation of the server (not
Debian, but the problem would be the same). I didn't have the choice.
And removing the MX pointer several hours before the reinstallation
would also have resulted in loss of mail. The cleanest solution, IMHO,
would have been to use iptables to prevent SMTP connections before
installing postfix, but for someone who doesn't know iptables yet,
that's more complex than having the control on whether the daemon is
started or not at install time.
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