Re: [exim] callouts and tls

am 20.02.2008 19:59 schrieb Graeme Fowler:
> On Wed, 2008-02-20 at 18:52 +0100, Peter Velan wrote:
>> ... Dear MS-Admin, you don't have to know what you are doing, if you are
>> still able to: "click here, expand folder xyz, right-click this tab,
>> check this box, etc. To be an administrator of a MS-server is as easy as
>> 1-2-3!"
>>
>> Ooomph! Shrug! Unbelievable!
>
> With respect, you could say the same of Exim, Sendmail, Postfix & Qmail:
>
> Dear MTA Administrator, you don't have to know what you're doing, just:
> Open the Control Panel/Webmin/<insert name of admin system here>
> Select the folder xyz
> Tick the box saying "Uber widget"
> Ensure package UmtyDumty is installed and the service is running
> Click "restart" to restart the MTA.
> If all else fails, send email to $mta-users@$mta-domain for help

Yes you are right: This kind of click-clack (without any knowledge about
the background mechanism) exists on non-Microsoft systems too! But I
never saw such kind of "documentation" in the *primary* literature for
Exim, Sendmail, Postfix & Qmail.

> There's a lot of it about, and it isn't just Microsoft. They should be
> applauded in some small way for ensuring that Exchange 2007 doesn't
> accept-n-bounce unknown recipients out of the box.

Any SW producer should be applauded if he improves his work ;-)

Regards,
Peter