Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!uflorida!screamer!tscs!tct!chip From: chip@tct.com (Chip Salzenberg) Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin Subject: Re: understaffing apparent due to mailer trouble Message-ID: <280B6561.7A2@tct.com> Date: 16 Apr 91 20:58:09 GMT References: <2801C2BB.29BD@tct.com> Organization: Teltronics/TCT, Sarasota, FL Lines: 33 According to barnett@crdgw1.ge.com: >In article <2801C2BB.29BD@tct.com> chip@tct.com (Chip Salzenberg) writes: >>> user@XYZ.com.user@anything.arpa >> >>I am slack-jawed with amazement that any postmaster would jump through >>hoops to fix an address so badly broken, instead of telling the people >>in charge of domain XYZ to get a life. Er, a mailer. > >First of all, we all work for the same company. My condolences. >Second [...] nor do I want to maintain a single sendmail.cf file for >every possible variation of Unix that might be out there. That actually might be a reasonable possibility, I should think -- especially if the sendmail.cf in question is a simplified one such as was recently posted by Ying-Da Lee. >Third, the expertise required to send up a properly configured mail >system is not something you can learn by reading the vendor's manuals. Of course. :-( >Fourth, some sites don't even have "system managers". I consider >myself lucky if I find someone willing to fix the problems that exist. Sounds like the real problem is one of staffing. As such, any technical solution is bound to be nothing more than a band-aid. -- Brand X Industries Custodial, Refurbishing and Containment Service: When You Never, Ever Want To See It Again [tm] Chip Salzenberg ,