Xref: utzoo comp.mail.sendmail:3292 comp.unix.sysv386:8496 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!mcsun!ukc!axion!delluk!holly!tim From: tim@dell.co.uk (Tim Wright) Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail,comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Re: SCO Unix sendmail initialization problem Message-ID: Date: 28 May 91 12:10:33 GMT References: <7647@spdcc.SPDCC.COM> <1991May27.143614.7239@sco.COM> Sender: usenet@delluk.uucp (Usenet posting login) Organization: Dell Computer Corp., Bracknell, UK Lines: 19 In <1991May27.143614.7239@sco.COM> david@sco.COM (David Fiander) writes: >MMDF is only better that sendmail in one (very important) way: normal >human beings can understand how to configure it in about 15 minutes, and >can read the configuration files without having the manual beside them. >Aside from that, MMDF and Sendmail solve basically the same problem in >basically the same way. Don't undersell it :-) Blatant MMDF plug. It also supports authorisation by channel. This is useful if you have "free" links and "paying" links or you happen to have a few international modem links that you don't want people to use as gateways. As you say the real advantage is human-readable configs. There also seem to be fewer buggy versions around. Tim -- Tim Wright, Dell Computer Corp., Bracknell | Domain: tim@dell.co.uk Berkshire, UK, RG12 1RW. Tel: +44-344-860456 | Uucp: ...!ukc!delluk!tim Smoke me a Kipper, I'll be back for breakfast - Red Dwarf