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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