Re: [Exim] exim & intetd

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Kevin Sindhu
CC: nick slussar, exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] exim & intetd
On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, Kevin Sindhu wrote:

> However, I feel compelled to rant about the support via inetd. Simply
> put, I dislike it...but I guess that's just IMHO. However, is there a
> reason to have support via inetd in the first place?


Yes. People asked for it.

Of course, that doesn't mean that I implement everything that people ask
for. :-)

Even if I had done nothing, people might still try to run it from inetd,
and it seems better to do something useful, and at least *try* not to be
an open relay if people do this.


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