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From: peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: Slight flame from Linux user
Message-ID: <id.PIRK1.6XK@nmti.com>
Sender: peter@nmti.com (peter da silva)
Organization: Network/development platform support, NMTI
References: <3ql3gd$je2@bell.maths.tcd.ie> <3rh257$lp1@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de> <id.M4PK1.5HD@nmti.com> <3rjr8r$srt@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de>
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Date: Wed, 14 Jun 1995 21:28:39 GMT
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In article <3rjr8r$srt@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de>,
J Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de> wrote:
> >Also, the *size* of the sendmail config file isn't the issue so much as
> >the amount of work you have to do to wrap your brain around the system...
> >whether in cf or m4 format...

> I think it took me an hour or two (much less than previous sendmail.cf
> hacking),

You make my case. It took you an hour or two to set up a fairly minimal
configuration (three UUCP feeds, one of which is has two aliases and
its own domain) after you were already familiar with sendmail.cf hacking,
*and* that was a major improvement over sendmail.cf.

Sendmail is just too much to expect people to wrap their brain around.

Unfortunately, it's a necessary evil. Sigh.
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