We need a new subject- bug fixes

Mikkel L. Ellertson mikkel at infinity-ltd.com
Tue Mar 6 15:07:19 UTC 2007


Les Mikesell wrote:
> Tim wrote:
>> Mikkel L. Ellertson :
>>>> Now, as far as non-standard environments, needing Sendmail to accept
>>>> connections from the Internet is a non-standard environment.
>>
>> Les Mikesell:
>>> Beg your pardon? Email as we know it can't work unless this happens. 
>>
>> Correction:  E-mail as *YOU* know it...
> 
> Yes, I consider both ends of the connection, as you've obviously ignored.
> 
Explain this - It makes no sense in the context of the message.

>> I've never had Linux accepting mail from the internet with its SMTP
>> server, in all the years that I've used Linux.  And only those with
>> their own domain name and/or fixed IP address could to that, either.
> 
> OK, and how many domain names and fixed IP addresses are there?  Do you
> think those numbers make things unlikely?
> 
Make what unlikely? That they would be running Sendmail, Fedora
Core, and would consider using a GUI to configure it? Definitely.

Mikkel
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