Re: We need a new subject- bug fixes

Les Mikesell wrote:

All programs are like programming...
What does that have to do with how they are configured?
The difference is that with most of
the others, the distribution provides something that works so you don't
have to rewrite the programming yourself.
That is because they use more rational configuration method. Maybe
if Sendmail did as well, it could be treated the more like other
services.

The fact that sendmail's
macro language permits you to add unique operations is a feature, but
unless you need something unique (rare in a service with a standard
specification...) you shouldn't have to modify anything at that level.

This is the key - services with standard specifications. Sendmail is
non-standard when compared to other services. So why should it be
treated like other services. Or are you saying that there should be
a configuration program that directly modifies sendmail.cf? If you
want a mail program that can be configured like other services, then
you need a mail server that is configured like other services.

You keep harping that Sendmail should accept incoming mail by
default, but you never give a valid reason why that should be the
default. Everything I hear comes back to "That is the way I use it,
so it should be configured that way." What you can't seam to grasp
is that your setup will work for maybe 1% of the users. The shipped
default probably works for 45% of users, and no other configuration
is going to work for more then 5% of users. So we should increase
the security risk for 45% of the users so that 1% of the users do
not have to change the configuration?

Mikkel
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