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Re: Ill advised blundering = nasty mess



Joe <joe@jretrading.com> writes:

> On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:42:58 -0500
> Harry <reader@newsguy.com> wrote:
>
>> Joe <joe@jretrading.com> writes:
>> 
>> > 1) If you need a mail server but have no previous experience, have
>> > heard of sendmail and are unaware of anything else, then yes, I'll
>> > join in the recommendations that you pick a different one. It is
>> > notoriously the most difficult to configure.
>> 
>> The thread has taken a turn away from what OP was about.  It wasn't
>> technical help with sendmail itself, but more cleaning up a mess of my
>> own making concerning the installing of the sendmail pkgs.
>> 
>
> The point there was that if a different mail server would do the job,
> you could just sweep the mess under the carpet and forget about it. I
> think we've all done that once or twice, such as reinstalling an OS
> when it looks quicker and easier than fixing the problem.

Thanks for the input and effort.


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