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From: Marc SCHAEFER
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 00:00

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Claudio Mettler <claudio.mettler@schweiz.org> wrote:
> schreiben. Aber Was ist denn "eine" Funktion? Sendmail kann Mails
> senden, Mails empfangen und diese in Postf�cher legen. Willst Du da auch

No, usually ultimate locate delivery is done by another program,
for example procmail, deliver, etc.

Which makes sense.

Splitting sendmail in a send and receive function can make sense:
qmail for example has different programs for that task, leading to
better security.

> Das ist eben Ansichtssache. Bei gr�sseren Programmen w�re es schon toll.

sendmail is an example of an overgrown software.

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<7mfgi0$9v4$1@bw107zhb.bluewin.ch> <a4mfm7.ae.ln@debian.tb.qad.org> <7mfoql$cc2$1@bw107zhb.bluewin.ch> <h2fhm7.q5.ln@debian.tb.qad.org> <378CD1E0.8617113@schweiz.org> <qf6km7.bc.ln@debian.tb.qad.org> <378E1D85.D0F747F1@schweiz.org>

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Date: 1999/07/17
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