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Article #3498Re: A couple enhancement requests that could make it in 2.4?
From: Scott Ophof
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 19:09
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 19:09
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On 20 Jan 1993 04:00:20 GMT les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) said: >In article <1993Jan18.194445.8424@uumeme.chi.il.us> jrd@uumeme.chi.il.us (John R. Dennison) writes: >>>>mta = something-other-than-the-default >> I would *love* to have something like this. My purpose would be >> ... >If you are the administrator why not just compile in the name of the >transport front-end you want everyone to use? Why make it optional? >Better yet, just replace /usr/lib/sendmail with your front-end so it >affects all mail whether it is sent by elm or not. Why would you want to force a user to (gasp) COMPILE such things? Making it optional allows the users some freedom to choose something else, if the site has a braindead MTA... (or.. if the admin incorrectly believes the users are there for *his* benefit...) >;-) Regards. $$\ F. Scott Ophof ---------------------------> I speak *only* for *myself* <----- My credo: Computers exist for OUR benefit, NEVER vice-versa.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!not-for-mail From: ophof@SERVER.uwindsor.ca (Scott Ophof) Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm Subject: Re: A couple enhancement requests that could make it in 2.4? Date: 21 Jan 1993 13:09:33 -0600 Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway Lines: 24 Sender: daemon@cs.utexas.edu Message-ID: <9301211907.AA26422@SERVER.uwindsor.ca> References: <C14wGL.1r7@chinet.chi.il.us> NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu