Re: What does support mean? (Re: Exim4 with a Goddady account)
On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 03:38:53PM +0000, Bob Cox wrote:
> > On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 10:40:39AM +0000, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> > > On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 11:43:28PM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 12:43:07PM +0000, Bob Cox wrote:
> > > > > I have used Postfix for years (I have a static IP etc and send and
> > > > > receive direct-to-mx) but no doubt exim would do the job just as well
> > > > > and as it's the Debian default it really should have more support
> > > > > available on this list.
> > > >
> > > > The last clause of that sentence indicates a deep misunderstanding.
> > > >
> > > > As more people go from Windoze --> Ubuntu --> Debian, it becomes more
> > > > important to not nurture the idea that debian-user is *the* front line
> > > > help desk.
> > >
> > > You seem to confuse Bob Cox for the OP.
> >
> > Huh?
> >
> > See http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2009/01/msg02168.html
> >
> > But please, It was not meant as a character assassination.
> >
> > > If you read the context, you'll see that Bob actually pointed out a
> > > specific technical issue, and then hoped someone more exprinced with
> > > Exim will comment.
> >
> > The clause "as it's the Debian default it really should have more
> > support available on this list."
> >
> > http://linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm
> > http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=209844
> > and
> > http://pkg-exim4.alioth.debian.org/README/README.Debian.html#id226635
> > respectively.
> >
> > Also, just because Exim4 is the Debian default, why does that mean it
> > should have *more* "support" than, say, postfix or any other MTA.
> >
> > Hope this explains.
>
> Oh dear. I apologise for my sloppy grammar. When I said "as it's the
> Debian default it really should have more support available on this
> list", I did *not* mean that it "ought have more support" - I meant
> that I assumed there *would* be more support available - simply because
> of its greater number of users.
Yeah sorry, I didn't mean to be too specific like that. Also there is the
possibility that a lot of people may be using postfix who subscribe to
this list, IOW, there will be a lot of people using exim who don't
realise it and not even subscribed to this list.
AFAIK there seem to be more people ready to jump in with a helping hand
when the configuration issue concerns postfix than with exim although
I'm not sure whether that may be because people who install postfix have
to actually *choose* to install it whereas the people who use exim have
it installed by default and don't mecessarily need to mess around the
default possible configurations.
--
Chris.
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