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Article #285Re: "blaming Unix SendMail"
From: Smoot Carl-Mitchell
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 1984 14:44
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 1984 14:44
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> Of course the best method is to have a human readable form which is then
> parsed into a binary file which sendmail can read. The advantages are
> obvious.
>
> Is there any valid reason why this hasn't been done? "We don't do things
> int that way on UNIX" is not a valid reason!
>
> Robert Virding
I think this is a good idea in general. I have some thoughts on such
an endeavor, but do not have the time to devote to it. I also
want to see how domain based addressing evolves before tackling such
a task. I think it is comparatively easy to at least make the
syntax of a configuration file human readable. I too get tired
of all the "$*$-$+" stuff.
--
Smoot Carl-Mitchell, CS Dept. University of Texas at Austin
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ut-sally.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!harpo!seismo!ut-sally!smoot From: smoot@ut-sally.UUCP (Smoot Carl-Mitchell) Newsgroups: net.mail.headers Subject: Re: "blaming Unix SendMail" Message-ID: <2137@ut-sally.UUCP> Date: Fri, 27-Apr-84 09:44:57 EST Article-I.D.: ut-sally.2137 Posted: Fri Apr 27 09:44:57 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 28-Apr-84 09:34:03 EST References: <487@hou3c.UUCP> <343@erix.UUCP> Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas Lines: 18