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Postfix Archives: Re: MTA questions (was: MTA Program of Choice)

Re: MTA questions (was: MTA Program of Choice)

Subject: Re: MTA questions (was: MTA Program of Choice)
From: Admin Mailing Lists (mlistintergrafix.net)
Date: Thu Dec 16 1999 - 10:01:01 CST

see, the thing was..I went in /etc/postfix for the first time and saw all
these .cf files. At first I thought, ok, are they split up for ease and
these sample files are REALLY parsed by the program?
After a little bit I figured out they're not..then I asked, ok, if they're
not parsed, are the values set in them the actual default values for the
program? Perhaps simply putting them in a subdirectory called "samples"
would have answered all my questions.

I would have proposed something like, having everything in main.cf like i
said and having 2 sections "# VARIABLES COMMONLY DEFINED " and "#
VARIABLES COMMONLY LEFT ALONE" and underneath those variables set to
whatever the default is.
But you state this might cause upgrade troubles. that's fine, whatever you
think best.

-Cygnus
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Anthony J. Biacco Network Administrator/Engineer
adminintergrafix.net Intergrafix Internet Services

    "Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today"
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On Thu, 16 Dec 1999, Wietse Venema wrote:

> Simon J Mudd:
> > If postfix wasn't evolving as fast as it is it would certainly be
> > easier upgrading from one release to another. I guess it just means
> > we have to read the documentation very carefully to ensure that this
> > process goes smoothly, and perhaps I'm guilty of not spending enough
> > time doing this.
>
> It is not going fast enough to my taste. On the other hand, too
> little time is spent on fundamentals that need to be fixed.
>
> How about having a few standard examples bundled
>
> - client
> - server
> - firewall
> - ISP with virtual domains
>
> The idea being to solve 90% of the problems out of the box.
>
> That leaves the sites without their own DNS name that want to
> receive mail locally, and weird dialups with unusual needs.
>
> Wietse
>

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