None of the Above (was Re: Sendmail still default?)

[Matthew Garrett]

On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 01:43:42PM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:

> You are kind of missing the point of a machine with a network, automated 
> scheduling and the native ability to run single apps in a remote window. 
>  Users don't need to sit in front of every machine  they have for it to 
> be doing something useful for them.  The user may in fact be halfway 
> around the world when you'd present that pop-up that he'll never see in 
> some window manager he's not running.  Messages you want should come to 
> you, rather than having to do the reverse.

Once you're beyond the typical desktop use case, then yes, an MTA 
probably makes sense. But that's not an argument for an MTA in the 
default desktop install.

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59 at srcf.ucam.org