Re: DNS & Mail

["Daniel E. Markle" <syntax@ashtech.net>]

On Wed, Jan 13, 1999 at 10:57:50AM -0800, Aaron D. Turner wrote:
> If your server is already running BIND8, then sounds like a good idea.
> The other issue is the connection- name servers should be on fast networks

Hm.  I'm not sure I would consider our connection "fast".  Perhaps primary
DNS should be on "the box".  BTW we need a name for the box, like we have
for pluto.  Anyone have any ideas?  We should probably come up with a naming
scheme specifically for linuxkb.org boxes.

> still a pain in the you know what to configure.  If you know Qmail, then

I think the sendmail authors are evil, personally.  There are only two reasons
I can think of for making configuration that difficult:

1. They are bad programmers.  Hard for me to believe considering the quality
of sendmail itself.
2. They intentionally obfuscated the config files.  I think this is what they
have done so they can sell their commercial gui configurator.

Just my opinion, but their actions seem to support 2.

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Daniel E. Markle
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