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[I should probably just keep my mouth shut, but...]

In article <id.IP9Y.PSI@ferranti.com> peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva) writes:
> In article <dan.731768031@dribble> dan@dribble.c-mols.siu.edu (Dan Ellison) writes:
> > In <id.8D8Y.OTL@ferranti.com> peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva) writes:
> > >In article <C3FHnE.C4s@chinet.chi.il.us> les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) writes:
> > >> Have you tried Smail3?  Compared to 2.5 it's a *big* clean package that's
> > >> still easy to configure and is easier to compile under sysV than sendmail.
> 
> > >When I can install it under Xenix-286 without putting more man-weeks into
> > >it than I'm willing to right now, I'll be delighted to give it a try. Right
> > >now a *small* package is a major advantage.
> 
> > Then again, sendmail and sendmail-IDA have already been ported....  You can
> > get ready to run versions of both for SCO UNIX on ftp.c-mols.siu.edu in
> > the sco-ports directory.
> 
> Um, Xenix-286 is neither Xenix-386, nor is it SCO UNIX. Porting today's
> highly VAXist software to the 286 is a challenge to weary Heracles, let
> alone a busy system administrator who's got enough on his plate with user
> requested ports.
> 
> This is without even bringing up little details like sendmail being a
> screaming horror from the sewers of hell.
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Peter, all of this started with you raving about mailsurr (the SVR4 mailer).
This is how the discussion has gone:

1) mailsurr is the greatest (Peter)
2) Well it can't do X,Y, and X.  Sendmail and smail3 can  (me and a couple 
   others).
3) Why would anyone want to runs sendmail (Peter)
4) They don't; run smail3, it's easier (me and a couple others)
5) When I can run it on Xenix-286, then talk to me (Peter)

Does anyone other than me find it incredibly bizarre that Peter is raving
in favor of a mailer that's ONLY available on SVR4, then tries to shoot
down other people's arguments for other MTA's because they don't run on
Xenix-286?

MAILSURR DOESN'T RUN ON XENIX EITHER.

this is sad...

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