Re: [exim] auth_hack_outlook4 for Exim4

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Autore: Marc Haber
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To: exim-users
Oggetto: Re: [exim] auth_hack_outlook4 for Exim4
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 16:15:55 +0000, Tony Finch <dot@???> wrote:
>On Thu, 17 Feb 2005, Marc Haber wrote:
>> Yes. If we did it differently, we would have been required by Debian
>> policy to leave the user with convert4r4's output automatically which
>> is discouraged by exim upstream.
>
>It seems reasonable to me that since Debian is going to be a heavy
>user of convert4r4,


I doubt that.

>you would serve your users better by improving it,


Please, go ahead. I cannot speak for all Debian exim4 maintainers, but
_my_ time ressources are rather limited, and we decided not to support
convert4r4-style conversion since that would mean bad support for
novices. convert4r4 is a tool for experts, and these can help
themselves.

Greetings
Marc

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