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In article <1992Apr6.132842.25227@zooid.guild.org> ross@zooid.UUCP (Ross Ridge) writes:
|clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis) writes:
|>>I'm confused... why are people using smail 2.5 (and soon a 2.7) when
|>>smail 3.? is available ?
|>
|>Because smail 3.x is:
|>
|>	a) a different program altogether
|>	b) *enormous* (comparatively speaking)
|>	c) vast overkill for uucp-only sites.
|>
|>Smail's 2.x's big advantage is that it is very small and
|>very easy to install.  And does just what the small site
|>usually wants.
|
|The one big problem with smail 2.x is that's not very RFC 822 compliant
|and headers often escape unqualified.  In the past I've chosen smail 3.1
|over 2.5 because of this and other problems.  Here on ZOOiD we're using
|Zmailer, which for a UUCP site like us is even vaster overkill. Aside from
|being RFC 822 compliant, damit, we use it because it's also extreamly 
|configurable, it allows us do to things we'd have to hardcode into
|C with any other mailer.  Smail 2.x is fine mailer for small UUCP-only
|sites, but it's pretty limited and often leaves a fair bit to be
|desired.


	I'd appreciate it if you'd be a lot more
	specific as to what non-RFC-822 compliance
	there is in smail 2.5.  I'm not particularly
	aware of any, and since there may be a new
	release of smail 2.x, your comments might
	serve more than just idle curiosity.


	I run a not-so-small uucp site 8^), and for
	the most part I have been very satisfied with
	smail 2.5 - note that I've applied patches to
	extend its functionality to include mailing
	to programs and understand the "%" routing
	operator, etc. etc.


	I will probably go to smail 3.1.x when I
	install my ethernet however - I'm afraid to
	install zmailer since I'm told the SysV port
	relies on writing to /dev/kmem to implement
	its security features...


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