Re: [exim] Re: Debian exim

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Lähettäjä: Marc Haber
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Aihe: Re: [exim] Re: Debian exim
On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 17:10:41 -0700, Steve Lamb <grey@???> wrote:
>Lionel Elie Mamane wrote:
>> Why should everyone reimplement a queue instead of just one program
>> implementing a queue on the machine? If the user wants to flush the
>> queue, why should he have to track the many different queues instead
>> of having just one to look at?
>
>    As I said, and what do those programs do when said helper program isn't
>available? 


They lose the message and log an error. but, usually, they don't since
their packages depend on a program that can supply that queueing
functionality.

> By definition they have to have a queue of their own since the
>only thing they can control is their own behavior. To not have some method of
>dealing with an external failure is bad design, plain and simple.


It is the way things are done.

Greetings
Marc

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