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- From: ophof@SERVER.uwindsor.ca (Scott Ophof)
- Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
- Subject: Re: A couple enhancement requests that could make it in 2.4?
- Date: 21 Jan 1993 13:09:33 -0600
- Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
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- Sender: daemon@cs.utexas.edu
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- On 20 Jan 1993 04:00:20 GMT les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) said:
- >In article <1993Jan18.194445.8424@uumeme.chi.il.us> jrd@uumeme.chi.il.us (John R. Dennison) writes:
- >>>>mta = something-other-than-the-default
- >> I would *love* to have something like this. My purpose would be
- >> ...
- >If you are the administrator why not just compile in the name of the
- >transport front-end you want everyone to use? Why make it optional?
- >Better yet, just replace /usr/lib/sendmail with your front-end so it
- >affects all mail whether it is sent by elm or not.
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- Why would you want to force a user to (gasp) COMPILE such things?
- Making it optional allows the users some freedom to choose something
- else, if the site has a braindead MTA...
- (or.. if the admin incorrectly believes the users are there for
- *his* benefit...) >;-)
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- Regards.
- $$\ F. Scott Ophof
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- ---------------------------> I speak *only* for *myself* <-----
- My credo: Computers exist for OUR benefit, NEVER vice-versa.
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