Author: Roger Burton West Date: To: exim-users Subject: Re: [Exim] What do you want in a book?
On or about Tue, Aug 15, 2000 at 02:14:18PM +0200, Phil Pennock typed:
[Things with which I agree, and:]
>And as another point - could chapter 1 please explain how email works,
>and the difference between MTAs & MUAs, SMTP/POP3/IMAP and such, so that
>you can establish clearly at the start where the boundaries of
>responsibility lie. It's not directly Exim-related, but for the newer
>readers it's IMHO fairly essential, and will clear up confusion. Just
>look at the history of messages on the list, where people don't
>understand that it's not Exim's job to _fetch_ mail via
>protocol-du-jour. Once all this is out of the way, the ground's clear
>to start explaining Exim. :^)
I agree that something of the sort is necessary, but rather than an
explanation perhaps just some extremely brief references? I'd rather
not pay for more of this than is really needed...
(The rants on this topic can be saved for ASR. The short version:
dammit I can read documentation, why does it seem as if nobody else
can?)
