Re: procmail and kmail

[Al Hudson <nospam [at] york.ac.uk>]

On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
>     Al> Hmm, seems so. I guess you can setup smtp on localhost, and
>     Al> use that, but seems a trifle o.t.t...
> Why?  This is just the standard "Unix filter" usage.  This allows you
> to use an SMTP server (eg, sendmail) on the local host if you want
> queueing

Yes, I agree with that, but sendmail is big fat software compared to the
two or three functions most users need from it.... I guess if you're
running a pentium, then you're okay, but some of us aren't :^)

>     Al> I would say, in defence of scripts, most of the good ones work
>     Al> 99% of the time. If they don't work for you, then you're
>     Al> obviously doing something so particular that you ought to know
>     Al> what you're doing anyway. But true, bad scripts can be worse
>     Al> than no scripts....
> I think that's unfair to users.  Scripts very often refuse to
> configure (or worse, misconfigure) the most recent hardware.  I don't
> see why users who wouldn't be expected to know how to configure old
> hardware should be expected to know how to configure new hardware.

I wasn't referring to hardware, I was referring to software configuration,
which is very different...

> I agree with you that the good ones work most of the time, maybe even
> 99% of the time.  But when they don't, that's when the people who need
> them most are left hanging.

I'm afraid I don't agree with that ;))) If a good script breaks, you have
to be some sort of power user. 

Cheers,

Alex.


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